Saving Mum: Our Family Secret
Developed Alongside
StoryTell-Her Studios
Produced Alongside
StoryTell-Her Studios
Released
2025
Broadcaster
Channel 4
Duration
1 x 47
Genre
Documentary,
Human Stories
Saving Mum: Our Family Secret follows filmmaker Maleena Pone as helping her mother confront alcoholism becomes a journey into generations of silence, grief, and cultural pressure. Filmed across the UK and Costa Rica, this intimate documentary explores how trauma and love coexist, revealing that true healing begins not with rescue, but with truth and the courage to be seen.
Reviews
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Press
The Independent
10 December 2025
I broke the British Indian taboo and made a film about my mum’s alcoholism
Televisual
10 December 2025
Director Maleena Pone on C4 First Cut - Saving Mum
Eastern Eye
10 December 2025
Saving Mum: Film lifts the silence on addiction and grief
Thiiird Magazine
09 December 2025
From Silence to Screen: A Daughter-Director Confronts Maternal Addiction and Inherited Pain
Televisual
23 June 2025