Call Me Mum

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Call Me Mum
Directed byMargot Nash
Written byKathleen Mary Fallon
Produced byMichael McMahon
Starring Catherine McClements
Vicki Saylor
Lynette Curran
Dayne Christian
Ross Thompson
Cinematography Andrew de Groot
Edited byDenise Haratzis
Music by David Bridie
Release date
  • 2006 (2006)(Sydney Film Festival) [1]
Running time
76 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Call Me Mum is a 2006 Australian TV movie directed by Margot Nash. [2]

Contents

Plot

Kate is taking her foster son Warren to meet his birth mother Flo.

Cast

Awards

Reception

Keith Gallasch of Realtime calls the movie "a finely crafted and disturbing venture into the politics of race and the possibilities of filmmaking." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gallasch, Keith (1 August 2006), "Seeing voices", Realtime
  2. Anderson, Doug (9 December 2007), "Call Me Mum", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. 1 2 3 4 McCaffery, Lynda (14 December 2007), "Actress honoured at AFI awards", ABC Local