Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother have a “good death;” filmmaker Judith Helfand becomes a “new old” single mother at 50. At the same time. she faces the challenges of making decisions about how to deal with the mountains of ‘stuff’ her parents left her.. Love & Stuff explores the transformative power of parenting, our complex and very emotional attachment to “stuff,” and what it is we really need to leave our children.
‘As a meditation on bereavement, parenting and the burden and blessing of inheritances, Love & Stuff is about as universally accessible as it gets’ The Hollywood Reporter
‘Authentic storytelling heals.’ The Feedback: Judith Helfand’s ‘Love & Stuff’
Film Details:Doc/Dir: Judith Helfand, Co-Director David Cohen/USA/2020/80m
Festivals: Boston JFF, Doc NYC, HotDocs, San Francisco JFF, UK JFF, Washington JFF, N.Y. JFF
