Abstract
The intent for this thesis is to to explore the ideologies of my grandmother and to learn from them. I do so by filming and editing a documentary with Grandma serving as my subject. She is a woman who has been very present in my life and who has lived and bestowed so much upon me that I still remain wanting more. I wish to know much more of her mind now than I did as a child of simpler times and ponderings. I have spent close to a year shooting and assembling this film that explores the nature of my grandmother and how I might learn from who she is. I do so through means of experimental and documentary conventions. I've researched the psychology of older women in a means to come to an even clearer understanding of Grandma, as well. There is perhaps an unconscious ignorance of women of older age: being that women are seen as child bearers that lower in value once you are no longer capable. My grandmother never had children of her own; she is my father's stepmother. Examining her maternal nature has brought about the question of the very definition of motherhood.
Thesis Completion
2019
Semester
Spring
Thesis Chair/Advisor
Danker, Lisa
Degree
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
College
Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Department
Film
Language
English
Access Status
Open Access
Release Date
5-1-2019
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Olivia A., "Don't Worry: A Personal Documentary of My Grandmother and an Exploration of Themes of Motherhood, Loneliness, and Later Life" (2019). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 528.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/528