Document Mare Mater

Mare Mater
Dir. Patrick Zachmann, France 2013, 52m, UK Premiere

Patrick Zachmann's mother was born in Algeria, but made a home and a life in France. Through powerful images caught on video and still photographs, he re-examines his own family history- and compares it with that of the North African migrant workers of today, and their relationship with the sea (mare) which separates each of them from the mother (mater) they left behind...

Zachmann, a member of the prestigious Magnum Photo Agency, presents a striking and thoughtful meditation on family and exile.