In cinemas from 29 November
The Taste of Mango
UK, USA 2023
Dir: Chloe Abrahams
English / 75m
In cinemas from 29 November 2024
Available at home from 13 January 2025
In her debut feature documentary, a cinematic love letter spanning time and generations, Chloe Abrahams probes at raw questions her mother and grandmother have long brushed aside, untangling painful knots in her family’s unspoken past.
The Taste of Mango centres three extraordinary women: the director’s mother, Rozana; her grandmother, Jean; and Abrahams herself. Their intertwined stories testify to the ever-changing nature of inheritance and the ways in which we both hurt and protect the ones we love.
A vital look at the far-reaching effects of male violence and a personal meditation on family, memory, identity, solidarity, joy, and love, The Taste of Mango won both a BIFA for Best Debut Director and the Best Documentary Audience Award at BFI London Film Festival.
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The Taste of Mango will play in selected cinemas across the UK and Ireland with director Chloe Abrahams on tour for a series of Q&A preview screenings. Search below to find screenings near you. More screenings to be confirmed.
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“A bright seam of joy runs through Abrahams' engrossing first feature”
— Sight and Sound
“Reaffirms the strength of generational bonds and champions the desire of the new generation to question and provoke and demand answers”
— The Evening Standard
“An astonishing piece of non-fiction filmmaking... gorgeously nuanced and textured”
— Criterion Cast