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Once My Mother

Jul 24, 2014 | IMDB 8

75 min Watch Now

History, Documentary, War, Family

Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her mother's wartime escape from a Siberian gulag, leaving Sophia to confront her own capacity for forgiveness.

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