Released
Mama/M.A.M.A.
March 8 2003 (over 21 years ago)Rating
100
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Mothers, Medicine and Madness
- Director: Nonny de la Peña
- Genre: Documentary
- Company: Journeyman Pictures
Mama/M.A.M.A.: Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy is the provocative investigation of Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy, a perplexing psychological disorder where a mother secretly but deliberately harms her child in order to get the sympathy and praise of others and the attention of the medical community. The film -- made over the course of three years and two continents -- scrutinizes the scientific research surrounding the diagnosis of Munchausen's and, in doing so, questions the very diagnosis itself. The filmmakers document the struggles of three average families battling the charge of Munchausen's with various, tragic results.
