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A mother’s love for her baby

Using a combination of 3D animation and experimental prose, A mother’s love for her baby explores the corruption and conditions endemic in the Magdalene Laundries and mother and baby homes run by the Catholic church in Ireland throughout the 20th century. Influenced by Saidiya Hartman’s concept of “critical fabulation” – the use of storytelling to fill the gaps left in historical records – the film advocates for a bottom-up form of historiography: centring historically marginalised voices of Irish women and critiquing the structures of power that (re)produce their dispossession.

Directors

Cat McClay Éiméar McClay

Country

United Kingdom

Year

2022

Premiere

World Premiere

Subtitle Language

Content Warnings

Blood / gore Mental health issues Mild physical violence Physical / emotional abuse

Primary Contact

Éiméar McClay

Duration

17 mins

Animation

Éiméar McClay Cat McClay

Art direction

Éiméar McClay Cat McClay

Sound design

Éiméar McClay Cat McClay

Editor

Éiméar McClay Cat McClay

Production designer

Éiméar McClay Cat McClay

Script

Éiméar McClay Cat McClay