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In 1998, 18 year old Latron Parker made a documentary about difficulties growing up in Harlem. Eights years later he was shot dead on the street. Today his mother Jean fights youth gun violence and helps other parents to survive the pain through her organization, Harlem Mothers. Weaving footage from Latron’s own film with scenes from Jean’s new life today, the short documentary A Harlem Mother tells this tragic and inspirational story from the dual perspectives of mother and son.


“By far the most intense contribution was A Harlem Mother, the story of a woman who lost her son to gun violence. Directed by Ivana Todorovic, we are taken through the pain and heartbreak that so many parents living in Harlem have endured and continue to endure today. When the documentary ended and the credits rolled, the theatre was silent – as we struggled with the emotional journey we had just taken” – review by Susan Peake from Women in Film and Television Vancouver

Major Screenings:
World Premiere at historic Maysles Cinema in Harlem
Festival de Cannes, Short Film Corner
Festival de Cannes, American Pavilion, Emerging filmmakers Showcase
Traverse City , Michael Moore’s Festival
Rooftop Film Festival
Next Wave, New York Woman in Film and Television, Anthology Film Archive
Palm Springs Short Film Festival
Athena Film Festival, NY

AWARDS:
GRAND PRIX Documentary Film Festival “Videnie” in Kemenovo in Russia
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM PROFILE Mixed Messages Film Festival, New York
HONORABLE MENTION Carolina Film And Video Film Festival, Greensboro, NC
AUDIENCE AWARD Fear no Film, Utah Arts Film Festival

USED IN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE:
Beyond Bullets: Gun Violence in America screening in Maysles cinema, NY
DCTV: A HARLEM MOTHER and BEYOND BULLETS shorts, NY

Other Festivals: Athena Film Festival, NY; Downtown Boca Film Festival, Florida; WILIFEST, Wiliamsburg Film Festival,NY;GIAA Film Festival, Anthology Film archive ,NY; 13th Annual Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, NY;Harlem Parks Film Festival, NY; Traverse City Film Festival, MI; Uno Port Art Films Festival, Japan;Fear no Film, Utah Arts Festival, Salk Lake City, UT; Antonio Film Festival,TX; Palm Springs Short Film Festival, Rooftop Film Festival, Summer Series, New York; Festival de Cine Documental, Benidorm, Spain,London International Festival LIDF, London,Tower Theatre Fresno Film Festival, Fresno, CA,Iowa City Documentary Film Festival, Woman in Film and Television, Vancouver, Canada, Anthology Film Archives, New Filmmakers series, New York, New Filmmakers at Sunset Gowers studio, Hollywood, CA, Davis Film Festival, Davis, CA, Carolina Film and Video Festival, Greensboro, NC, Mixed Messages Film Festival, New York

directed by Ivana Todorovic
camera Ivana Todorovic
sound by David Guiterrez Camps,davidgutierrezcamps.com/
edited by Tijana Petrovic,tijanapetrovic.com/
music by Janko R,jankor.com/
co-produced by MIhajlo Labalo fund and Ivana Todorovic