Culture & Society

Mother of All Lies

When Personal Docudrama is an Act and Art of Protest

Asmae El Moudir’s docudrama, Mother of All Lies, passes this social message: protest isn’t solely the physical act of raising placards and fists. Protest, as the film relentlessly shows, can be as trivial as remembering and talking about one’s pain when the state is actively trying to suppress the existence of that pain.