The Bad Mother
(2019, original release: 2016)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
Random Media, 2016
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6913508
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

Tara, a woman in her mid-30s is struggling with her role as a stay-at-home mom after leaving a rewarding career to raise kids. Bored and isolated, she longs for a time when she was a rising star at work. Compounding Tara’s situation is the fact that her husband John works for a company that expects slave-like devotion from its employees. John is absent far too often, leaving Tara to pick up the parenting slack and dream of better times when she was with her old boyfriend, Francis. Tara copes by writing cathartic, scathing notes on her computer. It is her secret venting place until her 5-year-old son shares her thoughts with the world by accidentally posting a rant on social media. Tara’s relatable post about being undervalued as a mother and blocked as a professional goes viral. The intensity of her unwanted fame is too much. Tara is forced to face her choices... or lack of. Nominated for Best Picture at the **Hamilton Film Festival**

Film

In Process Record

David Avocado Wolfe, John Christensen, Kristen Roderick, Sara Kapoor

Originally produced by Random Media in 2016

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

Additional Credits