Title: Mimi and Dona
Description: What happens when love runs out of time? For a 92-year-old mother, Mimi, who has cared 64 years for her daughter, Dona, who has an intellectual disability, it means facing the inevitable. She will not outlive her daughter. This poignant, heartbreaking and, at times, humorous documentary traces this process through the story of a wonderfully quirky and deeply connected mother-daughter duo.
Subjects: Adult children of aging parents, Parents of children with mental disabilities, Case studies, Mothers and daughters, Biography, People with mental disabilities
Places: United States
People: Naomi Thornton, Dona Thornton