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Love and Diane

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97% Tomatometer 30 Reviews 88% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
In this unflinching documentary, formerly homeless ex-crack addict Diane Hazzard struggles to prove, both to her six children and to the child welfare bureaucracy of New York City, that she has cleaned up her act and is a fit and caring mother. Meanwhile, Diane's HIV-positive daughter, Love Hinson, has just given birth to her own son, Donyaeh, and struggles to balance the needs of her child with both her own poor mental and physical health and her fractious relationship with her mother, Diane.

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Amy Taubin Film Comment Magazine 04/10/2018
It's Dworkin's empathy that allows one to understand Diane and Love's experience and to care about what happens to them, or at least to ask if passivity in the face of injustice makes us more like Love than we would think. Go to Full Review John Monaghan Detroit Free Press 09/20/2003
3/4
Presents a story as insightful as it is harrowing. Go to Full Review Ann Hornaday Washington Post 06/06/2003
Dworkin gives a compassionate face to the miasma of New York's family court-social services matrix. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
3/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/20/2005
3/5
Greg Muskewitz eFilmCritic.com 04/26/2004
5/5
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Audience Reviews

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03/11/2011 just say no to crack! See more 05/04/2008 good for Diane! She shows us that we are never to old to change and create a better future for ourselves. See more 06/21/2007 We watched this movie in a class I'm taking and I really liked it. It was interesting to see all that the family has been through. See more 06/12/2007 This a beautiful and heartbreaking film. See more 01/15/2007 This movie had potential, but fell through the cracks. To bad. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jennifer Dworkin

Director

Jennifer Dworkin

Producer

Jennifer Fox

Executive Producer

Tsuyoshi Kimoto

Cinematographer

Mona Davis

Film Editing

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Movie Info

Synopsis In this unflinching documentary, formerly homeless ex-crack addict Diane Hazzard struggles to prove, both to her six children and to the child welfare bureaucracy of New York City, that she has cleaned up her act and is a fit and caring mother. Meanwhile, Diane's HIV-positive daughter, Love Hinson, has just given birth to her own son, Donyaeh, and struggles to balance the needs of her child with both her own poor mental and physical health and her fractious relationship with her mother, Diane.
Director
Jennifer Dworkin
Producer
Jennifer Dworkin
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 16, 2003, Limited
Runtime
2h 35m