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2025 SFFILM Festival

Her/Mine

Directed by Alexandra Shiva

USA | Documentary | 82

20 Apr
Sun, Apr 20 at 12:15 pm PT

Description

A heartfelt and reflective documentary that delicately balances nostalgia with a deeply personal journey of self-discovery, Her/Mine traces the life of director Alexandra Shiva’s late mother, Susan, an actress and travel agent, and the daughter of Hollywood mogul Jules C. Stein. As the filmmaker sifts through her mom’s belongings, including a trove of 16mm footage, she pieces together the traces of a childhood shaped by privilege, loss, and longing. The film becomes a poetic meditation on memory, grief, motherhood, and the weight of familial legacy as Shiva contemplates her own mortality, drawing parallels between past and present. Jane Fonda, Barry Diller, and Griffin Dunne appear along with Shiva’s family in this documentary that offers a unique and deeply intimate perspective in its poignant and unconventional reflection on love, identity, and the stories we inherit. —Amir George

Director Alexandra Shiva

A New York City native and Vassar graduate, Alexandra Shiva made her directing debut in 2001 with the documentary Bombay Eunuch (2001). She went on to make Stagedoor (2006); How to Dance in Ohio (2015), winner of a Peabody Award; This Is Home (2018), winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema – Documentary Audience Award; and Each and Every Day (2021). She also directed a documentary miniseries, One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit (2024).

Film Details

LanguageEnglish

Year2025

Runtime82

CountryUSA

DirectorAlexandra Shiva

ProducerAlexandra Shiva, Lindsey Megrue

Executive ProducerDan Cogan, Liz Garbus

EditorPenelope Falk, George O’Donnell

CinematographerBuddy Squires, Daniel B. Gold

MusicOlivier Manchon, Clare Manchon

Closed CaptionsClosed Captions are confirmed for this film

Audio DescriptionAudio Descriptions are not currently confirmed for this film

American Sign Language (ASL) InterpretationAmerican Sign Language Interpretation is not currently scheduled for this film