{"id":59411,"date":"2014-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-filmmaker-kendall-moore-captures-unique-mother-daughter-bond-in-new-documentary-airing-on-pbs\/"},"modified":"2014-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"uri-filmmaker-kendall-moore-captures-unique-mother-daughter-bond-in-new-documentary-airing-on-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/uri-filmmaker-kendall-moore-captures-unique-mother-daughter-bond-in-new-documentary-airing-on-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 filmmaker Kendall Moore captures unique mother-daughter bond in new documentary airing on PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I., Oct. 1, 2014 \u2013 The love between a mother and daughter is powerful, but inevitably fraught with some tension.<\/p>\n


\nThe exceptions are rare, and wondrous: How do they do it? 溏心vlog免费B站 filmmaker Kendall Moore peers into the lives of a mother-daughter team and stumbles upon a love story for the ages.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe Good Radical\u201d is 37 minutes of poetry that explores the essence of love \u2013 and what really matters in life. The characters are retired 溏心vlog免费B站 professor Cynthia Hamilton, now 64, and her mother, Evelyn Hamilton, who died months ago, at the age of 97. <\/p>\n


\nThe film will air on Rhode Island PBS Oct. 4, at 11 p.m. <\/p>\n


\nMoore, an associate professor of journalism and film\/media, shot the documentary from 2007 to 2009. Her initial idea was to focus on Cynthia\u2019s nationally recognized work as a black studies scholar, including at 溏心vlog免费B站, where she chaired the Africana Studies department for many years.<\/p>\n


\nBut Moore soon discovered that a remarkable mother-daughter relationship was unfolding before her, one defined by compassion, loyalty and selflessness.<\/p>\n

In 1993, as she was starting her job at 溏心vlog免费B站, Cynthia was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. By the mid-90s, the illness had consumed her. She couldn\u2019t walk on her own and relied on a wheelchair to get around.<\/p>\n


\nAt the age of 80, Evelyn, a retired teacher\u2019s assistant, moved across the country to be near her daughter. They remained devoted to each other, even as dementia clouded Evelyn\u2019s life in her 90s.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThey were so fully engaged with each other,\u201d says Moore. \u201cThey were best friends. I feel fortunate to have witnessed that level of devotion between a mother and a child so late in life.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nCynthia grew up in a tough neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. A bright child, she went on to Stanford University, where she became an activist.<\/p>\n


\n\tShe fought against a Los Angeles proposal to build an incinerator in her mostly black neighborhood, warning of the health risks \u2013 and she spoke throughout the country about racial injustice.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn the film, Evelyn jokes that her daughter was so serious about her activism she \u201cnever had any fun.\u201d \u201cDon’t invite her to a party because she\u2019s not going,\u201d jokes Evelyn. In many ways, the two were opposites \u2013 Evelyn loved to dance, Cynthia preferred the theater; Evelyn talked to everyone in the room, Cynthia was more reserved. \u201cMyself, I want to go to the party,\u201d says Evelyn.<\/p>\n


\nIn 1992, 溏心vlog免费B站 selected Cynthia to chair its Africana Studies department. It was a turbulent time. African-American students were holding protests, demanding that the University address their concerns.<\/p>\n


\n\tWinnie Brownell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, recalls in the film how excited the University was to snag Cynthia. \u201cShe\u2019s a star,\u201d Brownell says. \u201cHer spirit and energy are just amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhen Cynthia first learned of her illness, she was devastated. \u201cI cried because I didn\u2019t know what to do,\u201d she says. That lasted for 10 hours. Then she got back to work.<\/p>\n


\n\t But the disease eventually consumed her. Evelyn packed up her belongings in California and moved in with her daughter in Newport, where she lives. She cooked for her. She cleaned the house. She drove her to the Kingston campus \u2013 and back home.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe film chronicles their lives together \u2013 Evelyn blowing out candles at her 90th birthday party, Cynthia rising from her wheelchair for physical therapy, Evelyn turning the pages of an old photo album, swooning over her late husband, Lumas Hamilton, whom she adored.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe most touching scenes capture the tenderness Cynthia shows for her mother as dementia ravages her mind. The caretaking roles are reversed \u2013 emotionally.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn one scene, Evelyn is talking on the phone with a relative and says that Cynthia went \u201call out\u201d on her birthday, buying her a black pantsuit. \u201cRed,\u201d says Cynthia, gently. \u201cWhat did I say it was?\u201d says Evelyn, glancing down at the new outfit she\u2019s wearing. \u201cOh, red. Red.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tIn another segment, Evelyn is asked if she fears death. No, she says. Her daughter won\u2019t be alone. She has health aides coming in daily to make sure she\u2019s okay. \u201cI don\u2019t feel bad now,\u201d she says. \u201cWe have help.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tCynthia retired from 溏心vlog免费B站 four years ago, partly so she could take care of her mother.

\nEvelyn died in March.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe movie is the last spoken word I have of my mom,\u201d says Cynthia. \u201cSo I\u2019m glad.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tCynthia just completed a book in her mother\u2019s honor, \u201cEvery Cook Can Govern: At Friendship and Kay Street.\u201d She describes it as a memoir and commentary on alternative medicine. She typed it with one finger.<\/p>\n


\nNext fall, she\u2019ll return to 溏心vlog免费B站 to teach an urban politics course. Her mother, she says, \u201cgot her back on her feet\u201d \u2013 and there she will remain.<\/p>\n


\nClick for information about the film<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: Cynthia Hamilton and her mother, Evelyn, at their house in Newport. Photo courtesy of Kendall Moore.

\n\tKendall Moore, an associate professor of journalism and film\/media at the 溏心vlog免费B站. Photo courtesy of Kendall Moore.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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