Great Photo, Lovely Life

with post-film Q&A with filmmaker Amanda Mustard 

117 min

This film explores the theme of sexual abuse with sine vernal descriptions that some may find distressing. Viewer discretion is advised.

Photojournalist Amanda Mustard returns home to Pennsylvania to investigate the sexual abuse crimes committed by her grandfather. A visual whirlwind of memories from her family’s archive unravels a world of secrets through interviews, photographs and home movies. An eight-year cinematic journey, Great Photo Lovely Life chronicles a granddaughter’s attempt to disrupt a cycle of intergenerational trauma through the voices of the survivors and her grandfather himself.

Before this documentary hits HBO later this year, Amanda returns to to Harrisburg for a special Artsfest screening, and to share her experience making this deeply personal documentary with a Q&A after the film.