Skip to main content
2023
2024

What Kind of Mother


  • Olivia Dreisinger, Director

A photo of a young white woman holding a newborn baby up to her breast. She’s in a hospital room and looks slightly out of it.

About the Project

Country: Canada

Ten years after her mother’s suicide, the filmmaker takes a short road trip around British Columbia to visit people who had been in proximity to her late mother. What Kind of Mother follows the filmmaker’s attempt to come to terms with who her mother was, as she considers having children herself. A meditation on illness, memory, and motherhood.