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The Closer We Get

The Closer We Get

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 29, 2015

Runtime

1h 21m

Original Title

The Closer We Get

Director

Karen Guthrie

Description

Scottish director Karen Guthrie’s intimate documentary is a vivid chronicle of her coming to terms with a twofold loss, one past—of her nuclear family shattered years before by her father’s departure to Africa—and one present, when her mother, the family anchor, suffers a stroke. Full of surprising revelations, Guthrie’s personal story becomes an affecting and resonant look at post-colonialism and the complicated bonds of family.