My Mum Talks to Aliens
The debate about whether we are alone in the universe has never been so personal.
Joined Up Films
Synopsis
Mary Rodwell is Australia’s leading authority on extraterrestrial phenomena, her son Chris Rodwell is a vet, a man of science and self-confessed alien skeptic – their relationship has reached a critical point and something has to give. Mary’s beliefs led to the breakdown of her marriage and left a teenage Chris with some emotional scars, so the topic comes with baggage. Packing nothing but an open mind, Chris has agreed to enter Mary’s world via a road trip traversing Australia in order for her to attempt to convince him that the truth really is ‘out there’ and that aliens exist, or she must never discuss the subject with him again.
Mary plans to leave no stone unturned in her efforts to convince Chris. They will meet a host of colorful characters from alien contactees to skeptical scientists. They will take part in a heated debate with university professors, put key witnesses under pressure with polygraph tests and scour the country for concrete evidence of extraterrestrial life.
Along the way they will argue until they are blue in the face about who is right, and for Mary, this really is her last chance to prove to Chris that she hasn’t gone loopy and that there really are other beings in the sky above. This is the search for the truth to save a relationship.
Developed and Post Produced in Western Australia
on the Traditional Country of the Noongar Whadjuk peoples
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Production Information
Narrator, Writer & Director
Daniel Brown
Producers
Anthony Willinge
Jacqueline Willinge
Executive Producers
Peter Newman
Director of Photography
Jim Frater
Distributor
– (ANZ)
Sales
– (ROW)
Key Locations
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Second Unit
Ian Bignell
Sound Post
Kim Lord
Music
Extreme Music
Titles
Milk Productions
Siamese
Editor
Merlin Cornish
Sound Recordist
Christopher MacGregor
Graphics
Timothy Merks
Production and Location Management
Muse Productions
Researcher
Ian Bignell
Production Accountants
Carol Seeley
Garry Seeley
Production Coordinators
Ian Bignell
Aimee King
Assistant Editors
Rob Bygott
Regg Skwarko
A Family Abducted
“You can see the tension around the table”
“but ultimately I think it was really good for their relationship and Chris got a good understanding of his mums work and why she does it.”
– Daniel Brown, Writer and Director