Sins of the Mother

The story

Shay is a young African-American college student whom is forced to take a year off from school to return to her hometown where she struggles with her anger and insecurity when she's forced to confront her alcoholic mother, Nona, whom is currently in AA and a churchgoer, over her entire childhood of abuse and neglect which Shay is both unwilling and unable to let go of.

Cast & crew

Jill Scott

Nona

Nicole Beharie

Shay

Katharine Isabelle

Ivy

MS

Monaeya Silveira

Sunny

Matt Ward

Oliver

DL

Dave Leach

Matt

Ecstasia Sanders

Stephanie

Mimi Rogers

Lois

Jerry Wasserman

Carl

Paul A. Kaufman

Director

Harvey Kahn

Producer

CK

C. Kim Miles

Cinematography

Laura Karpman

Music