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Cast

Sophie Sartain

Sophie Sartain

(voice)

Crew

Sophie Sartain

Sophie Sartain

Director

Sophie Sartain

Sophie Sartain

Producer

Sophie Sartain

Sophie Sartain

Cinematography

Sophie Sartain

Sophie Sartain

Writer

Linda Osher

Linda Osher

Music

Marta Kauffman

Marta Kauffman

Executive Producer

Nancy Spielberg

Nancy Spielberg

Executive Producer

Chris Callister

Chris Callister

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Mimi and Dona

20146.5 / 1065 min
Documentary

Overview

What happens when love runs out of time? For a 92-year-old mother, Mimi, who has cared 64 years for her daughter, Dona, who has an intellectual disability, it means facing the inevitable -- she will not outlive her daughter -- and finding her daughter a home. This poignant, heartbreaking and, at times, humorous documentary traces this process through the story of a wonderfully quirky and deeply connected mother-daughter duo. The film spotlights the challenges of aging caregivers of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- some 4.6 million Americans, 75 percent of whom live at home with family -- and details the ripple effects of Dona's disability on three generations of a Texas family.