MAMI !!!

video documentary
by Hajny Bessenyei and Nita Mocanu
2005 / 2006
46 min

The documentary presents the situation of women that are mothers in Romania. It is an investigation of how their life is changed by the child, how they struggle to take care of the child in the given condition of the Romanian society and state, the lack of options for women becoming mothers, and the entire law system yet unreachable and always in change … The interviews rise several problems connected to how the politics are regarding motherhood, and some ideas about what could be changed.

it was presented at:

• PERIFERIC 7 Biennial in the project "Why children ?" by the curator Attila Torday ; May 2006, Iasi, Romania
• HER POSITION IN TRANSITION Women Art Festival; March 2006; Vienna, Austria