‘New York, New York, so good they named it twice!’ goes the song, well new film, ‘Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother’ is named three times so on that criteria the film must be phenomenal. However the title Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother is based on a famous Islamic Hadith. The Prophet Muhammad PBUH repeated “your mother” three times to symbolize the three unique hardships a mother endures for her child that a father does not: pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.
The story of Your Mother…
From writer-director Bassam Tariq, the film stars Mahershala Ali as Latif, a devoutly religious hitman who struggles to balance work, faith and fatherhood. When his wife dies, he embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children, confronting the forces closing in around him – and the beliefs threatening to unravel within.
An excellent cast….
Co-starring alongside Mahershala Ali is John Cho, Abubakr Ali, Laith Nakli, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, and Giancarlo Esposito and also starring Adia, Jaheel Kamara. Director Bassam Tariq and Mahershala Ali were originally going to work on the original iteration of Blade together but the ongoing sage of a Blade film continues to this day
Where it premieres…
The UK premiere for YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER has been announced as a gala screening at the BFI London Film Festival on 17th October in the presence of the filmmakers. In addition, Mahershala Ali will discuss his career in a Screen Talk event also on 17th October.
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Here’s the trailer……
