Meet the Mothers / 2011

A young couple discovers they're going to have a baby and have yet to meet each others parents. Rosie is nervous about telling her boyfriend Drew that she has two lesbian moms, a gay dad and a gay brother and when she finally gets the courage to come out -- Drew surprises her with a secret of his own.

The Mother Show / 1991

Produced by Tom Rubnitz in collaboration with Tom Koken and Barbara Lipp, The Mother Show is a tribute to mothers everywhere, starring Frieda, the “living” doll. Frieda asks her mother a series of questions, such as “Mom, are there days when you feel not-so-fresh?” and spells out the meaning of the word “mother.” The tape ends with her endearing pronouncement, “Mom, you’re like a mother to me.”

God the Mother / 2019

After an encounter with an Asian missionary who preaches about God the Mother, Mihai reconsiders the nature of his mother’s late pregnancy.

The Mother Wound /

Soon to be high school graduate, Jiyah, begins her day excited to attend prom. However, the process of getting ready becomes increasingly difficult as her mother, who does not approve of makeup, keeps entering her bedroom. Although her mother’s intention of entering is to give Jiyah a bracelet to wear for the night, Jiyah is not receptive of it, as her mother begins to dictate the amount of eyeshadow she can wear. While Jiyah is finishing getting ready, her mother faces scrutiny for wearing western clothing, by her own mother (Jiyah’s Nanni). As Jiyah’s mother frustratedly enters her room again, she, in the heat-of-the-moment projects her anger onto her daughter, ruining Jiyah’s makeup and dress. It is now up to Jiyah to decide whether she will make it to prom or succumb to her mother’s wounds yet again.

The Rye Mother / 2021

The final weekend of a toxic relationship.

The Mother Grain / 2014

As the international consumption of quinoa rises. The Mother Grain looks at how this increasing demand is affecting quinoa farmers. Bear Witness Pictures traveled to the Bolivian quinoa-growing communities surrounding the world's largest salt flat, the Salar de Uyuni, witnessing their lives first-hand to tell the story of quinoa from the perspective of the farmers themselves.

The Motherhood Archives / 2013

Archival montage, science fiction, and an homage to '70s feminist filmmaking are woven together to form The Motherhood Archives, a lyrical essay film excavating hidden histories of childbirth in the twentieth century.

The Mother Road / 2006

"The Mother Road," is a fun and touching one-hour documentary that is a part travelogue, part human interest, and part rock n' roll road trip -- all wrapped up in a mother-daughter experience taken by award0winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Lauren Cardillo and her mother. The documentary explores the heartwarming relationship between our mother-daughter main characters and those they meet on the road.

The Eternal Mother / 1917

Maris, having married Lynch, a worthless man who deserts her, taking their daughter Felice with him, marries mill owner Dwight Alden after receiving notification that her husband and child are dead. Discovering that Alden employs child labor, Maris, assisted by the village minister, tries to persuade him that this is wrong, but he will tolerate no interference in his business.

The Good Mother /

The topical tale of a Mexican mother torn between her politics and pleasing her only son’s request – to have a Donald Trump piñata for his birthday party.

The Bad Mother / 2015

A frustrated stay-at-home mom vents her feelings in rants she writes in secret, until her kid posts them on social media, and they go viral.

My Mother, the Sea / 2022

My Mother, the Sea is a short animated film, which explores and symbolically expresses the grieving process for a mother's loss, from her passing until today.

Mother Teresa: The Legacy / 2005

Mother Teresa is well-known and well-loved throughout the world for her work with the needy and less fortunate. This look at her final day on earth, her passing and her touching funeral, attended by thousands of people from around the world, is a testament to the spiritual way she led her life. Through Mother Teresa's own words in exclusive footage, discover the profound wisdom of the woman who captured the heart of everyone she touched.

The Terrible Mother / 1972

In the kitchen of a Vermont farmhouse, four people come to sit around a table. The silence of solstice holds them together. Before a ritualized meal they each tell a story. Their stories are ominous, yet, as in the first OOBIELAND film (INTRODUCTION TO OOBIELAND), they are incomplete. Earlier, the titular mother has passed on her powers to a young woman. At the close of the film, this young woman enters the farmhouse and, with final simplicity, restores the old order.

Our Mother the Fragrance of Paradise / 2015

Fatima a mother of seven children, loses her memory at 1983, for thirty years, when she regains her memory she finds out that she don't know her children's whereabouts she sets out to find them with all her power willing to be reunited with them once again and this time forever.

My Mother, At The Beach / 2022

A woman and her young toddler escape the city to a small coastal town. She checks in to a run-down motel by the sea. Burdened by a troubled past, she hangs on vulnerably by a thread. As night approaches, ghastly occurrences haunt her movements and actions as she prepares for a horrific act. However, a chance encounter with a stranger changes the course of events. Like her, the stranger harbors a burden of his own and their meeting brings to surface their deeply buried emotions and hope/fear for the future, culminating in a beautiful, redemptive and serendipitous ending.

My Mother the Monster / 2019

My Mother the Monster examines the shocking and heart-breaking true stories of children who were mentally, physically and emotionally tortured by their mothers. Now as adults, Daniel, Christopher, and Katrina relive the horrors of sharing their world with a mother who was a monster.

There Goes the Motherhood / 2016

Follow six dynamic Los Angeles mothers, who meet through parenting expert Jill Spivack's highly-coveted, eight-week course.

The Revolt of Mother

The Shaming of the True: A Simple Tale of British Mother Love / 1930

Comedy skit shown as part of a theatrical revue. 'The picture is supposed to be a Hollywood drama of English life, wildly burlesqued, and in the middle of projection Maisie Gay stands up in the stalls, protests, argues with the players on the screen, and then steps into the picture. Finally a chorus of duchesses steps from screen to stage and the revue becomes tri-dimensional.' (Kinematograph Weekly)