FAVORITE DAUGHTER
A film by Dana Reilly
2022, 20 minutes
2022, 20 minutes
No. 374
Documentary
Documentary
Description
Favorite Daughter is an intimate portrait of director Dana Reilly's grandmother Sylvia Weinstock and mother Janet Isa, sheltering in place together in a lower Manhattan apartment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sylvia was living alone for the first time in her life when after her partner of 69 years, grandpa Ben, passed away. Then her youngest daughter, Janet, moved in.
This short documentary is both raw and charming, melancholy and funny—a portrait of two women with vastly different experiences coming together and supporting one another through the uncertainty of spending the next chapters of their lives “alone,” without a partner.
This short documentary is both raw and charming, melancholy and funny—a portrait of two women with vastly different experiences coming together and supporting one another through the uncertainty of spending the next chapters of their lives “alone,” without a partner.
Festivals
Official Selection, Montclair Film Festival
Official Selection, Seattle International Film Festival
