Mom & M
Capital Emmy Award Winner, Digital Feature Documentary Film, 60 min
Now playing on Maryland Public Television
Elise (Mom) and Nikki (M) are young, millennial parents who prove that humor and love can make it through nearly everything and that family is deeper than blood. It is a choice.
"Together they navigate what happens when your partner comes out as transgender while caring for an ill child and that remission is not the end to life’s challenges."
Directed by Jena Burchick
Produced in Association with Lux Daze Media
Co-Produced by Tyler C. Peterson & Mei Lin Lau Mann
Co-Produced by Jessica Baroody-Saada
Associate Produced by Serious Grip & Electric
Cinematography by Jena Burchick
Edited by Jena Burchick
Music by ellen cherry
Starring
Nikki Richard, Elise Richard and Sansa Richard
AWARDS
Documentary - Cultural/Topical Emmy Nominee,
National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter, USA, 2023
Docs Without Borders, Award of Excellence, DE, USA, 2021
Semi-Finalist, Lake Travis Film Festival, TX, USA, 2021
Award of Merit for LGBTQ content, IndieFest Film Awards, CA, USA, 2021
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Bentonville Film Festival, Documentary Competition, AK, USA, 2021
Docs Without Borders, DE, USA, 2021
Indy Film Fest, IN, USA, 2021
Lake Travis Film Festival, TX, USA, 2021
Maryland Film Festival, MD, USA, 2021
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, VT, USA, 2021
North Beach American Film Festival, MD, USA, 2021
OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival, SC, USA, 2021
Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival, Seattle, USA, 2021
UFVA National Conference, Virtual, USA, 2021
We Make Movies Film Festival, LA, USA, 2021