"My mother's suicide is the single most defining event in my life. It's like there's before and there's after and everything is different after." Dempsey Rice, Filmmaker

"Opening a box of old family pictures, layering them into a collage of depression, suicide, and guilt, filmmaker Dempsey Rice tells the extremely intimate story of her mother's life and eventual suicide. Her mother Bonnie appeared to live a typical American life, for most of which she maintained the façade of perfect daughter, wife, and mother. But she battled depression her whole life. Her suicide forces her family to reflect on their shared lives through the kaleidoscope of her final action, searching for a cause that can allow them to understand and to make peace. Throughout, the filmmaker tries to rationalize an irrational act and to find a way to forgive her mother. DAUGHTER OF SUICIDE is a deeply moving, impressionistic documentary that shares the inner thoughts and feelings of a family's personal tragedy."
Mark Taylor, Frameline