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Documentary Unveils Ireland's Missing Mother and Family Trauma
10/9/2025
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Story summary
- Myrid Carten's documentary "A Want in Her" follows Ireland's missing mother.
- It uses home videos, re-enactments, and phone calls to examine intergenerational trauma.
- Nuala is depicted as a complex figure facing addiction and mental illness within a fractured family narrative.
- It raises questions about power in family documentary work, and Carten questions her filming; opens October 10.
