Martha & Ethel
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Jyll Johnstone |
| Cast | Martha Kneifel |
| Ethel Edwards | |
| Ruth Fuglistaller | |
| Screenplay | Jyll Johnstone |
| Barbara Ettinger | |
| Sharon Wood | |
| Sharon Woods | |
| Christina Houlihan | |
| Alysha Cohen | |
| Frank Ortega | |
| Producers | Jyll Johnstone |
| Barbara Ettinger | |
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| ID | 976881 |
About Martha & Ethel
In this highly personal documentary, filmmakers Jyll Johnstone and Barbara Ettinger revisit the nannies who raised them. Johnstone contrasts her nanny, the no-nonsense German Martha, with Ethel, Ettinger's warm, beloved African-American guardian, examining the now elderly nannies and their impact on the filmmakers' lives. Looking back with fondness -- and sometimes with bitterness toward their busy, absent mothers -- Johnstone and Ettinger tackle their subject with grace and sincerity.
