d. Chloe Abrahams (UK, USA 2023) 1h15m 

In this hypnotically cinematic love letter flowing through time and generations, director Chloe Abrahams probes raw questions her mother and grandmother have long brushed aside, tenderly untangling painful knots in her family’s unspoken past.

The Taste of Mango, Chloe Abrahams’ debut feature documentary, is an enveloping, hypnotic, urgently personal meditation on family, memory, identity, violence, and love. At its centre are three extraordinary women: the director’s mother, Rozana; her grandmother, Jean; and the director herself. Their stories, by turns difficult and jubilant, testify to the entangled and ever-changing nature of inheritance and the ways in which we both hurt and protect the ones we love.

This Scottish premiere will be followed by virtual Q&A with filmmaker Chloe Abrahams.

Winner: Best Debut Director, BIFAs 2023
Winner: Best Documentary Audience Award, BFI London Film Festival 2023

“A bright seam of joy runs through Abrahams’ engrossing first feature” — Sight and Sound

“Reaffirms the strength of generational bonds and champions the desire of the new generation to question and provoke and demand answers” — The Evening Standard

“An astonishing piece of non-fiction filmmaking… gorgeously nuanced and textured” — Criterion Cast

15+: Discussions of domestic violence and rape.

This event is part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival’s Focus on Film programme, taking place in Glasgow from 16-19 October.