In Our Mothers' Gardens

Shantrelle P. Lewis' extraordinary documentary, from Oscar winner Ava DuVernay's Array film collective, is the ideal Mother's Day movie. It proves that sometimes the best stories come from simply listening.

It's a film to be watched not for its more literal filmmaking achievements, but rather for its ability to make you feel seen, with vulnerability and with love.

Despite its flaws, In Our Mothers' Gardens is an assured documentary that cogently wrestles with Walker's thesis before enthusiastically passing the baton.

In Our Mothers' Gardens is a fearless, confessionalist record, from inside personal histories, of Black mothers and grandmothers, and it is beautifully steeped in Black love and culture.