Men like my father, families like my own / produced at USC School of Cinema-Television, directed by D.J. Johnson.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Johnson, D. J., author.

Contributor:

University of Southern California. School of Cinema-Television.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Grief.

Loss (Psychology).

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2001.

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

This is sensitive portrait of men who had each lost a dearly loved wife at an early age, through illness or sudden act of fate. We learn how they fare bringing up their children, housekeeping, dealing with their emotions, and sometimes, finding new love. The filmmaker's mother had died when he was young, and his father had never been able to speak of their loss. It was this silence that ultimately propelled him to make the film and explore the effect of loss on young families. During the course of filming, father and son grew to understand each other. The filmmaker is entrusted with his parents' precious wedding album. Rarely does one see on camera the unambivalent love these men felt for their wives, which makes loss particularly poignant. An impressive film on male psychology as well as grief studies.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

Western Psychological Association, 2001

OCLC:

747797959

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.