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Mama Bears

Directed by:

Daresha Kyi

ABOUT THE FILM

WINNER: 2023 FHFF BEST TALES FROM THE HEART


Mama Bears is an intimate, thought-provoking exploration of the journeys taken by Sara Cunningham and Kimberly Shappley, two “mama bears” whose profound love for their LGBTQ children has turned them into fierce advocates for the entire queer community,  and Tammi Terrell Morris, a young African American lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance perfectly exemplifies why the mama bears are so vitally important.

 

Spread across the country but connected through private Facebook groups, they also call themselves “mama bears” because while their love is warm and fuzzy, but they fight ferociously to make the world kinder and safer for all LGBTQ+ people. Although some may have grown up as fundamentalist, evangelical Christians, mama bears are willing to risk losing friends, family, and faith communities to keep their offspring safe—even if it challenges their belief systems and rips their worlds apart.

CREDITS & TRAILER

Director

Daresha Kyi


Producers

Michael Ehrenzweig, Supervising Producer

Maximina Juson, Consulting Producer (as Maximina Juson Revis)

Daresha Kyi,Producer

Laura Tatham, Producer

Lois Saint-Jacques, Associate Producer


Executive Producers

Tiffany Boyle

Sally Jo Fifer

Scotch Ellis Loring

Kathryn M. Moseley

Chris Panizzon

Patty Quillin

Elsa Ramo

James Shani

Lois Vossen

Composer

Gil Talmi


Cinematographer

Amy Bench


Editors

Kelly Creedon

Hajer Salem


Sound Department

Richard Brian Galyean, Sound Mixer


Camera and Electrical Department

Alexxiss Jackson, Additional Camera

Maximina Juson, Additional Camera (as Maximina Juson Revis)


Animator

Mariah Marasco


Editorial Department

Iliana Garcia, Co-Editor

John Petersen, Colorist


Music Department

Andrew Gross, Music Supervisor

Maddy Rose Weisman, Music Editor


Additional Crew

Patrick Blood, Legal Counsel To Asylum Films

Justine Jacob, Legal Counsel

Mama Bears Official Trailer

Mama Bears

Directed by:

Daresha Kyi

2022

90 minutes

FHFF On-Demand Streaming Partner

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