Love & Diane

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Love & Diane
Directed byJennifer Dworkin
Produced byJennifer Dworkin
Jennifer Fox [1]
CinematographyTsuyoshi Kimoto
Edited byMona Davis
Production
companies
Chilmark Productions
ITVS
Release date
  • April 16, 2003 (2003-04-16)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Love & Diane is a 2002 documentary film directed by Jennifer Dworkin about a recovering crack addict and her troubled daughter in New York City as they navigate the obstacles of joblessness, parenthood, welfare, and public housing. [2]

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Plot

The documentary was filmed over 10 years and follows Diane and her daughter, Love, as they deal with the repercussions of Diane's crack cocaine addiction. [2] Reunited after being placed in foster care, Love, now an adult and a mother, must deal with how her mother's addiction affected her in order to become a better mother to her own child.

Reception

Critical response

Critics gave Love & Diane very positive reviews, with Loren King of the Chicago Tribune saying it is "one of the most searing, heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant mother/daughter stories ever put on film." [3] It has a critics' rating of 85 on Metacritic [3] and 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. [4]

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryOutcomeRef.
Film Independent Spirit Awards Truer Than Fiction AwardWon [5]
Locarno Film Festival Golden Leopard - VideoWon [6]
Prism Awards Theatrical Feature FilmNominated [7]
One World Film Festival Best Film AwardWon [8]
Full Frame Documentary Film FestivalMTV News Docs PrizeWon [9]
Chlotrudis AwardsBuried Treasure AwardNominated [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Love and Diane". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  2. 1 2 POV. "Love & Diane". POV. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Love and Diane Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Love and Diane | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ Indiewire (March 22, 2003). ""Far From Heaven" Sweeps 2003 Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Locarno Film Festival · 2002". Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on March 22, 2025. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  7. ↑ Morfoot, Addie. "Vice-depiction Prism noms announced". Variety.
  8. ↑ people in need. built by naut.cz. "News". oneworld.cz. Archived from the original on May 2, 2003. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Love & Diane". Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  10. ↑ "2004, 10th Annual Awards". Chlotrudis. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
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