MOMMY ISSUES: A Psychological Superhero Story
Creative Chakra Film Festival Official Selecton 2026
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9m 59s
A film by Valerie Denise Jones
Can people with disabilities be superheroes?
MOMMY ISSUES is a six-episode vertical series that approaches this question through psychological tension and dark, controlled humor. It follows a man who admits he does not know who he is, as unresolved maternal trauma begins to surface in ways he cannot fully contain.
Originally composed in 16:9 and reinterpreted in 9:16, the shift in form is not aesthetic, but experiential. The frame narrows. The distance collapses. What begins as observation becomes proximity.
Through narrated therapy sessions, the series examines memory, impulse, and self-construction. When triggered, his perception distorts. His psychiatrist, measured and precise, begins to suspect him as the unseen force behind a series of burglaries. Yet his physical limitation complicates the possibility of action, placing truth in a state of tension.
Minimal in design and voice-driven in structure, MOMMY ISSUES operates within controlled space, where identity is unstable and authorship is unclear. The series resists resolution, favoring inquiry over certainty.
In the end, the question remains:
Who defines reality when perception cannot be trusted?
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