Mother's Day

Name: Mother's Day
Uploaded: 2018-03-18T23:00:03Z
Duration: 494 s
Description: This documentary follows a group of children in California on an annual overnight bus trip that takes them to visit their mothers in prison, staying close to the journey and the short time they get together, and to what a parent's incarceration means for a child.

Year listed: 2018

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When Mother's Day Means a Trip to Prison | Op-Docs

Published at the original source: 2018-03-18. This is the upload date, which may differ from the film’s release.

9 min · English · Documentary

This documentary follows a group of children in California on an annual overnight bus trip that takes them to visit their mothers in prison, staying close to the journey and the short time they get together, and to what a parent's incarceration means for a child.

Why we picked it

Take a short break with “Mother's Day” to see the world from another angle. Children in California take an annual bus trip to visit their mothers in prison.

Parental incarceration, family separation and children's emotional distress. Source-based review; not rated for children.

Source: New York Times Opinion

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