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Mother's Day

October 7–11, 2021

Virtual Screening

Mother's Day

Travis Carlson (Dir), 125 minutes, USA, Special Presentation

Jordan (Michael Wagner) reconnects with his mother Wendy (Lisa Ludwig) in the midst of a mental health crisis over the course of an afternoon in this Western New York-lensed feature.

Watch the filmmaker Q+A here!

  • Video from Mother's Day

    Directed by: Travis Carlson

    Still from Mother's Day

    Still from Mother's Day

    Directed by: Travis Carlson

October 7–11, 2021

Virtual Screening

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