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Your children come back to you / Women Make Movies ; a film by Sharon Larkin ; written, produced & directed by Sharon Larkin.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Larkin, Sharon, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Burnett, Angela (Actress), actor.
King, Patricia Bentley, actor.
Nelson, Simi Ella, actor.
Women Make Movies (Firm), publisher, distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Cultural assimilation.
African Americans.
Mother and child.
Dreams.
Genre:
Short films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (31 min.)) : sound, black and white
Place of Publication:
[New York, New York] : Women Make Movies, [1979]
Summary:
YOUR CHILDREN COME BACK TO YOU is a contemporary allegory about values and assimilation. The film literalizes the meaning of a "mother country" by means of the story of a young girl, Tovi, torn between two surrogate mothers: one comfortably bourgeois, the other nationalist.
Participant:
Angela Burnett, Patricia Bentley King, Simi Nelson.
Credits:
Cinematography, Charles Burnett ; editing, Charles Burnett, Sharon Larkin ; music, Sabu Zawadi.
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed January 16, 2026).
Publisher Number:
wm-yourch Docuseek2

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