Great Photo, Lovely Life

Directed By Amanda Mustard and Rachel Beth Anderson

Renowned photojournalist Amanda Mustard returns home to Pennsylvania to investigate the multiple sexual abuse crimes committed by her grandfather in this documentary.

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Photojournalist Amanda Mustard returns home to Pennsylvania to investigate the sexual abuse crimes committed by her grandfather. A visual whirlwind of memories from her family’s archive unravels a world of secrets through interviews, photographs and home movies. An eight-year cinematic journey, Great Photo, Lovely Life chronicles a granddaughter’s attempt to disrupt a cycle of intergenerational trauma through the voices of the survivors and her grandfather himself.

Amanda Mustard is a queer filmmaker and photojournalist raised on a Christmas tree farm in rural Pennsylvania. As a professional people watcher, her practice is rooted in a deep empathy, curiosity, and love for the human condition and the messiness of being alive.