MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER
a documentary about finding home
The making of / Behind the scenes
Linda Seagraves, Producer
Linda is a first-time filmmaker with a fervent desire to make contemporary films rooted in African American history, Africa and the Diaspora. “For most of my life, I felt no particular affinity, no real connection to the continent of Africa. My world view shifted when I journeyed to South Africa for the first time and heard the words, ‘Welcome home.’ Until that moment, I had no awareness that something was missing. I went to Africa as a tourist and came home a daughter.” My Mother’s Daughter is the response to the profound longing of African Americans to reconnect to identity, place, and ancestry lost in slavery.
Marcelina Martin, Director
Marcelina is a filmmaker who has produced, directed, filmed and edited her own films, including short features and documentaries. In 2016, in the role of producer, director, cinematographer and editor, Marcelina completed the feature length documentary on artists and spirituality entitled Mining the Unconscious that gave the audience an intimate view of the artist’s creative process through interviews, images of nature, artists’ works and music. This film has gone on the be shown in the Dharamsala Film Festival in India, at the Foundation for Universal Responsibilty of his Holiness the Dalai Lama in Delhi and Bagalore, India, the Largo Film Awards in Switzerland, the Santa Fe Film Festival and the Woodstock Film Festival.
Jilann Spitzmiller: Director of Photography
Jilann Spitzmiller is an award winning filmmaker with an enviable track-record of documentary films shown in more than 50 countries on outlets such as PBS, BBC, Sundance Channel, Discovery Health, and StarzEncore. Jilann produced the award-winning Shakespeare Behind Bars which was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival in and also co-directed, produced and edited Homeland, which aired on National PBS in 2000. Jilann’s work has won over twenty festival awards, including Special Jury Prize, Best Documentary, Audience Award, Best Feature and Best of Show.