Grist for the Mill

Overview

Documentary filmmaker Cynthia Wade is trying to get her divorced parents to talk to each other, but that is the last thing they want to do. Nothing ever seems to work out the way Wade hopes it will. At least she has a job (calling out Bingo numbers), a loving family (although her father's new wife is just a few years older than Wade), and a social life (if answering an emergency hotline on a Saturday night counts). So what if her sister gets all of the dates and her father is finally getting the son he always wanted? Wade is armed with her camcorder, and the result is a honest and painfully humorous video diary that captures a changing American family in the 1990s.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 20, 1999

Original language

English

Cast

Cynthia Wade

Director

Cynthia Wade

Producer

Cynthia Wade

Cinematography

Cynthia Wade

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0305440