With humour and imagination, MAMADRAMA traces across time and continents the tumultuous passage of the Jewish mother in cinema. From the revered and adored to the ridiculed and hated, the Jewish mother has been the target of some of the world's funniest and most vicious jokes! From the silent era, the Jewish mother has been present in Yiddish, Israeli and American films. Her image has shifted throughout these decades. MAMADRAMA asks 'How did the loving and affectionate portrayal in earlier times develop to the contemporary monster we now see?' And what is its basis in reality? (A 73 min version is also available.)