The Taste of Mango
Feature length film Completed 2023
Director
Chloe Abrahams
Producer
Elliott Whitton
Doc Society helped with
Production
A mother’s dream and a daughter’s beckoning, The Taste of Mango is a love letter flowing through time, tenderly untangling knots in a family's unspoken past. Searching for answers that her mother and grandmother often brush aside, Chloe traces the reaches and limits of familial love.
Crew
Abrahams’ film reaffirms the strength of generational bonds and champions the desire of the new generation to question and provoke and demand answers.
London Evening Standard
Oct. 9, 2022
It may be slight in length but it packs a powerful punch for freedom for women worldwide.
Dog and Wolf
Nov. 26, 2024
As a director, Abrahams leans into abstract imagery and blurry shots that sometimes don’t resolve, a strong visual metaphor for the complexities of real life.
Film Festival Today
Dec. 4, 2024
A fascinating study, where time, dreams, and personal memory mingle in an emotive vision of the past, present, and future.
Flickering Myth
Nov. 20, 2024
The Taste of Mango is a moving exploration of family and memory that gradually tugs at and unravels an unspoken trauma.
The Upcoming
Nov. 29, 2024
Patriarchal violence and rape culture have impacted this family deeply, but it’s a genuine honour to be privy to this filmic act of reconciliation and hope.
The List
Nov. 8, 2024
Brave and emotionally engrossing.
NYC Movie Guru
Nov. 27, 2024
… weaves a spellbinding portrait of love and perseverance.
FILMINK (Australia)
Nov. 22, 2023
