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Mother Of George
Adenike and Ayodele, a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn, are having trouble conceiving a child - a problem that defies cultural expectations and leads Adenike to make a shocking decision that could either save or destroy her family.
20 September 1987, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2 February 1934, Nigeria
14 July 1960, Ouidah, Benin
19 November 1982, Georgia, USA
14 February 1978, Grinnell, Iowa, USA
15 November 1982, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
20 April 1987, Niamey, Niger
13 February 1986, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
12 August 1957, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
November 25, 2013
There is a lot of wisdom in this film. There is strength in the old traditions, and error, too. In America, many people don't have these old traditions to guide them. They are something to hold onto, and that is a comfort.
October 09, 2013
The joy is in the detail of Dosunmu's film, the nuance of a relationship as richly complex as the African print dresses that Adenike favours.
October 16, 2013
Just when it seems as if there are no new worlds for cinema to explore, a movie like "Mother of George" comes along to prove otherwise.
March 24, 2014
Has the advantage of novelty and authenticity, but Dosunmu's ellipitical and self-consciously tasteful approach robs the material of some of its power...
November 21, 2013
It's a beautiful and heartbreaking film.
October 18, 2013
In the end, "George" becomes almost as irritating as that mother-in-law.
January 07, 2014
An engaging immigrant drama of the traditional Nigerian experience in NYC.
November 22, 2013
After a while it's hard to take Dosunmu's barrage of off-center compositions ... dialogue sequences that have the actor converse with empty space, and close-ups that reduce faces and objects to blobs of light.
October 17, 2013
It's a powerfully sensual movie, gorgeously lensed colors and textures conveying its characters emotional states while thoughtfully exploring the range of human sexuality through Adenike's experience.
October 10, 2013
The whole cast is good, but the film wouldn't work without a great performance from Gurira, who is of Zimbabwean descent.
October 24, 2013
Serious cinema of the globalist sort.
November 21, 2013
It takes about 60 seconds before the elegant "Mother of George" has you firmly inside the world it has created.
