Grandma Mother Me

In the film, we learn about three generations of women and how a family secret affects their lives. What they are not allowed to talk about is no less but the cultural and ethnic group they grew up with: The Roma. Historical flashbacks not only on the family's history but also for many other Roma people – with persecution, racial biology experiments, forced sterilizations and finally a total assimilation of culture, traditions and language. What happens to people who are constantly told and it is their experience as well that what they are is ugly and shameful? How is it that many from this group were outside society and that abuse, misery and exclusion were so great? Why is the culture of silence so strong?

Director, Script, Editor, Cinematography: Lotta Adolfsson; Producer, Co-Editor: Clara Bodén; Sound Designer: Claes Lundberg; Colorist: Camilla Liljestrand; Graphic Designer: Yennifer Godin; Production Company Vapen och Dramatik; Music Polis Polis – WC, J. Bröms, N. Andersson, P. Ingman, T. Egersand; MMJ - Claes Lundberg, 2024 Soundstripe