Cutting My Mother
Season 1
20194 episodes
Episodes
E1Part 1
2019-05-01 · 10m
As her screen time in her son’s films is drastically reduced, Cindy starts to suspect Nathan no longer wants her in his movies—a rejection that brings her back to the insecurities of childhood, when she thought, “Why would anybody wanna watch me, or hear me, or see me?”
E2Part 2
2019-05-01 · 10m
Hoping to make amends with his mother, Nathan visits his parents’ house upstate, where he pitches Cindy on a new creative project—one where she would be in control.
E3Part 3
2019-05-01 · 10m
On her first day as the director of her own short film, Cindy exorcises a humiliation from her youth and gives it a triumphant new ending.
E4Part 4
2019-05-01 · 10m
Cindy, fresh on the heels of her first experience as a film director, reviews the footage with Nathan. But she refuses to admit whether she enjoyed calling the shots: “If I say yes, then you’ll have me direct a whole movie!”