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Great Photo, Lovely Life

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Photojournalist Amanda Mustard turns her investigative lens on the sexual abuse committed by her grandfather, unearthing a high-stakes personal journey in pursuit of the truth and reconciliation for Amanda's family.
Director
Rachel Beth Anderson, Amanda Mustard
Year
2023
Genre
documentary
Box Office
N/A
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Ark Media
Awards
1 win & 2 nominations

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- Okay. You ready for this? - How can you be? - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
- Okay. You ready for this? - How can you be?
-Hi, how are ya? -Hi. I'm great. How are you? - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
-Hi, how are ya? -Hi. I'm great. How are you?
-Well, I-- -You look great, woman. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
-Well, I-- -You look great, woman.
-Eh, thanks. -You do. You look wonderful. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
-Eh, thanks. -You do. You look wonderful.
-Lulu, this is my daughter, Debi. -Hi. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
-Lulu, this is my daughter, Debi. -Hi.
Aw, you're sweet, Doris, you're too nice. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
Aw, you're sweet, Doris, you're too nice.
- What? - I said, I saw all - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
- What? - I said, I saw all
I hope you are being... a good boy. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
I hope you are being... a good boy.
- Have a good one. - Okay, Lorraine, take care. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
- Have a good one. - Okay, Lorraine, take care.
That one has a mouth, and she's-- - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
That one has a mouth, and she's--
- Don't you hesitate for anything. - Okay. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
- Don't you hesitate for anything. - Okay.
Now, as far as the issue that you were accused of, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:16
Now, as far as the issue that you were accused of,
I don't know, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
I don't know,
I said, "Why do you do this? This is not right." - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:28
I said, "Why do you do this? This is not right."
Now, that might sound a little stupid, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
Now, that might sound a little stupid,
And it-- to me, it was too much of an open temptation. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
And it-- to me, it was too much of an open temptation.
We had quite an engagement, so to speak, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:09
We had quite an engagement, so to speak,
Even though she was little... and she loved it. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
Even though she was little... and she loved it.
Well, she started-- I think she started around the age of 9 through 11. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
Well, she started-- I think she started around the age of 9 ...
If you could give me a call back as soon as possible. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
If you could give me a call back as soon as possible.
Alright, I love you. I'll talk to you later. Bye. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
Alright, I love you. I'll talk to you later. Bye.
There we get to see that dolly. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
There we get to see that dolly.
Okay, good. You were really hurtin' earlier. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
Okay, good. You were really hurtin' earlier.
My mom's life was like one of those crystals - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:09
My mom's life was like one of those crystals
In the few times that I did ask her - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:20
In the few times that I did ask her
She knew so much more than what she ever expressed - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:08
She knew so much more than what she ever expressed
My dad stole my mom's entire life. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
My dad stole my mom's entire life.
She left with all of her secrets. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
She left with all of her secrets.
She knew so much - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
She knew so much
And I feel like she had a million and one regrets - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:09
And I feel like she had a million and one regrets
The impact that my dad has had on our family, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
The impact that my dad has had on our family,
It's funny when you think about, you know, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
It's funny when you think about, you know,
Everybody else liked the normal ones, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:11
Everybody else liked the normal ones,
So I'm just gonna go through some of the paperwork - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:08
So I'm just gonna go through some of the paperwork
There's all these papers - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:12
There's all these papers
Did you know what he did in Bradford? - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
Did you know what he did in Bradford?
Well, when I started finding out about everything about him, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:09
Well, when I started finding out about everything about him,
No, all I remember is coming in to school, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:08
No, all I remember is coming in to school,
And he had-- They started sayin'-- - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:21
And he had-- They started sayin'--
I, to this day, I know nothing. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
I, to this day, I know nothing.
I just wanna try to line it all up, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
I just wanna try to line it all up,
Hi, my name is Amanda, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
Hi, my name is Amanda,
You have reached the Filing Office - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
You have reached the Filing Office
That far back, I can't make any guarantees, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
That far back, I can't make any guarantees,
I'm just looking for absolutely - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
I'm just looking for absolutely
My family is from Bradford, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
My family is from Bradford,
Does the Bradford Library - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
Does the Bradford Library
In '75, he was convicted of statutory rape - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:08
In '75, he was convicted of statutory rape
So, since it was his first offense, technically, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
So, since it was his first offense, technically,
He did not spend a day in jail, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
He did not spend a day in jail,
I've always known my grandpa was creepy, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:19
I've always known my grandpa was creepy,
I never thought that I'd move back to Pennsylvania. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
I never thought that I'd move back to Pennsylvania.
There's a lotta pain in my past here. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
There's a lotta pain in my past here.
My childhood was difficult. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
My childhood was difficult.
There was so much dysfunction in my family - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
There was so much dysfunction in my family
I just felt this pressure to maintain this image - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:09
I just felt this pressure to maintain this image
So a week after I turned 18, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:08
So a week after I turned 18,
My childhood dream was to be an ice cream truck driver, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
My childhood dream was to be an ice cream truck driver,
But I love that I get to - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:11
But I love that I get to
I managed to put enough distance between me and my family - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
I managed to put enough distance between me and my family
I had this new understanding and language - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
I had this new understanding and language
Like, the way that some men treated me and my body, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
Like, the way that some men treated me and my body,
Or my "touchy-feely" grandpa is actually a pedophile. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
Or my "touchy-feely" grandpa is actually a pedophi...
I was just starting to reframe this all - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
I was just starting to reframe this all
And it just set me on fire. I had so many questions. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
And it just set me on fire. I had so many questions.
So when my mom asked me to go to Florida with her - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:11
So when my mom asked me to go to Florida with her
If you can talk to it, and clapping your hands - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
If you can talk to it, and clapping your hands
I was so nervous. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
I was so nervous.
- I was so, I was so nervous doing this. You? I-- - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:08
- I was so, I was so nervous doing this. You? I--
I thought, because of his anger, I thought he would just-- - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
I thought, because of his anger, I thought he would just--
As far as younger girls-- - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
As far as younger girls--
As far as younger girls, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
As far as younger girls,
No, I had no problem, no problems with any of them. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
No, I had no problem, no problems with any of them.
I think she was 5 or 6. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
I think she was 5 or 6.
And I took a bath with her, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:05
And I took a bath with her,
- It's-- I was 5. - And, uh, so, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
- It's-- I was 5. - And, uh, so,
- Oh, my God. - That's as far as-- - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
- Oh, my God. - That's as far as--
-I know. -..."We gotta go." - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
-I know. -..."We gotta go."
The earliest memory, I was, probably, 7 or 8 years old. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
The earliest memory, I was, probably, 7 or 8 years old.
All I remember is me laying face down - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:21
All I remember is me laying face down
I never thought in a million years - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
I never thought in a million years
I don't know. From a child's mind... it was normal. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
I don't know. From a child's mind... it was normal...
I think that how I was raised - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:13
I think that how I was raised
I was so sheltered, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
I was so sheltered,
And I definitely did not see a healthy relationship - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:09
And I definitely did not see a healthy relationship
And so, I got married at 18. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
And so, I got married at 18.
Ended up having my daughter, Angie, at 20, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:10
Ended up having my daughter, Angie, at 20,
It was almost like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
It was almost like jumping out of the frying pan into the fi...
I had no other options, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:06
I had no other options,
Because of what I experienced in my childhood, - Great Photo, Lovely Life 00:07
Because of what I experienced in my childhood,
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Photojournalist Amanda Mustard turns her investigative lens on the sexual abuse committed by her grandfather, unearthing a high-stakes personal journey in pursuit of the truth and reconciliation for Amanda's family.

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Director: Rachel Beth Anderson, Amanda Mustard
Writer: Rachel Beth Anderson, Josef Beeby, Amanda Mustard
Production: HBO Documentary Films,Ark Media
Genre: documentary
Year: 2023
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.4
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 05 Dec 2023
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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