In 2012, Ilene Segalove talks to herself from 1972.
Addressing the camera, Segalove confesses to plagarizing her 5th grade report, The Story of Coal.
Segalove takes her mother as subject in these short pieces, recording her stories, her advice, and her daily routine. What results is a portrait of a contemporary mother-daughter relationship, touchingly devoid of drama and full of whimsical humor. For example, in one piece, Ilene’s mother laments over a pair of shoes her daughter has chosen to hang on the wall instead of wearing, saying, ”With you, everything is art”.
