Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic- religion, economics, family planning and gender inequality. The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist and the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it.
Writing
Unpacks population without the eugenics baggage.
Direction
Personalizes global crisis through one woman's family tree.
Director
Christophe Fauchere
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Christophe Fauchere spent years in development work before filming, explaining the rare NGO access.
The 'demographic transition' theory shown—where wealth lowers birth rates—is now debated as some wealthy nations' rates keep falling below replacement.
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