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The Taste of Mango

A young woman wearing a wreath of white flowers on her head looks directly at the camera through a distorted mirror showing three reflections.

Synopsis

In her debut feature documentary, a cinematic love letter spanning time and generations, Chloe Abrahams probes at raw questions her mother and grandmother have long brushed aside, untangling painful knots in her family’s unspoken past.
THE TASTE OF MANGO centres three extraordinary women: the director’s mother, Rozana; her grandmother, Jean; and Abrahams herself. Their intertwined stories testify to the ever-changing nature of inheritance and the ways in which we both hurt and protect the ones we love.
A vital look at the far-reaching effects of male violence and a personal meditation on family, memory, identity, solidarity, joy, and love.
Official Selection True/False Film Festival 2024- World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Winner - Audience Award for Best Documentary
BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) 2023 - Winner - Best Debut Director

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Features
Running time
75 min
Director
Chloe Abrahams 1st Feature
Producer
Chloe Abrahams, Elliott Whitton
Executive Producer
Diane Quon, Kellen Quinn, Martha Gregory, Hannah Bush Bailey, Robina Riccitiello, Bill Way
Editor
Chloe Abrahams, Stella Heath Keir, Isidore Bethel
Screenwriter
Chloe Abrahams
Director of Photography
Chloe Abrahams
Sound
Eli Cohn
Composer
Suren Seneviratne

Genre

Woman Director

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI Doc Society

UK, US co-production

Cardamom Films (UK), Fit Via Vi (US)

Cardamom Films Ltd.

Chloe Abrahams

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