Documentary film, Lost In Living, will screen at Claremont McKenna College (Pickford Auditorium) on Thursday, April 25th at 4:00 pm. This event is sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children and the Center for writing and Public Discourse. This is a FREE event. Director Mary Trunk will present the film and attend a Q & A following the screening.
Lost In Living is a funny and poignant film about four mothers and their struggles and triumphs to raise children and make art. The movie resonates with anyone who has had to confront the trials of personal dreams and family obligations.
Behind the domestic curtain of motherhood, where the creative impulse can flourish or languish, are four women determined to make a go of it. Filmed over seven years, Lost In Living, confronts the contradictions inherent in personal ambition and self-sacrifice, female friendship and mental isolation, big projects and dirty dishes. The complex realities of family life unfold in this documentary film about the messy intersection of motherhood and artistic expression.
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“There is nothing I could say that can describe the power Lost in Living had on me. Watching it, I cried bucketloads of tears. I've seen no other film so successfully investigate the fraught relationship between motherhood and art, and all I can do is urge you to do everything you can to get your hands on a copy.” – Rachel Power, Author of “The Divided Heart.”
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