Autumn's Eyes
(ON DEMAND)
DIRECTED BY - Gabriel Noble, Paola Mendoza
Autumn's Eyes is a compelling documentary about a 3-year-old girl who tries to navigate through the harsh reality of severe poverty, her teenage mother's incarceration, and looming foster care. Charming, obedient, and unable to fully comprehend the severity of her environment, Autumn is shielded from her own reality. Caught between the innocence of childhood and the growing necessity to be an adult, she represents hope to a family of women caught in the cyclical web of abuse, incarceration and poverty.
GENRES - documentary, drama, coming of age
Film Info
RUNTIME - 59 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 2006
FORMAT - DVD Region 1
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FESTIVALS
- San Francisco Black Film Festival 2007 (San Fransisco, United States)
- Urbanworld Film Festival 2007 (New York City, United States)
- Bogota Film Festival 2006 (Bogota, Colombia)
- New Jersey International Film Festival 2006 (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
- New York Latino International Film Festival 2006 (New York, United States)
- South by Southwest Film Festival 2006 (Austin, United States)
- SXSW Film Festival 2006 (Austin, United States)
- Woodstock Film Festival 2006 (Woodstock, United States)
Press
"Mendoza and Noble's fine personal documentary looks at three generations of women in poverty from the perspective of Autumn Collier, a clever and observant 3-year-old girl in Jersey City. It is at heart a kind and sensitively filmed story of a little girl longing to reunite with her mother, and vice versa." -- Marrit Ingman, Austin Chronicle
"Audience members will remember Autumn more than they'll remember facts on poverty... ultimately, Autumn's adversity can't possibly be justified -- whether folks blame her caregivers or government, or both, they'll all agree that something must be done so children like her can have a chance at life." - Laura Kyle, EFilmCritic.com