Upon returning from film school in Poland to his home in Chicago for summer break, Tom Krawczyk finds that his family has an unexpected new member. In his absence, his mother Czesława Krawczyk-Miczejko has taken in an infant squirrel that seems to have fallen out of its nest and been left for dead in their yard. In his film My Duduś – the loving name his mother gave to the fragile creature – Krawczyk chronicles how she nursed the squirrel back to health with love and care until, inevitably, she had to let go. Krawczyk’s tender portrait mines big emotions from a small story, forming a tribute to his mother’s caring spirit and a study of the precarious nature of human-animal relationships.
Director: Tom Krawczyk
Producer: Nick J Santore
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