Susie Singer Carter: My Mom & The Girl With Valerie Harper Fights Alzheimer's

From Susie: We are Go Girl Media, & as writers & producers, my partner, Don Priess, & I, Susie Singer Carter, consider ourselves fortunate to have worked on a variety of television & film projects & collaborate with wonderfully talented people like (and here comes the "name dropping/hoping to impress you" part)  Bryan Cranston, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, Max Brooks & Kenan Thompson, to name a few. 

THE WHAT: MY MOM AND THE GIRL is a true story based on an odd encounter my East Coast mother, who suffers with Alzheimer's, shared one evening on the streets of East L.A. The story takes off after dinner with family & friends takes a dark turn and my mother is led to a proverbial crossroads where 3 very disparate, desperate women are unpredictably pulled back into the light. It's a funny, poignant and surprisingly rich story where apparent disabilities can be seen as gifts.

THE WHY: A few years ago my 82-yr-old mother and love of my life, Norma Holzer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease &, as for so many families in America, ours was thrown into a nightmare of fear, guilt, obligation & confusion. I discovered that most people are afraid to face, let alone embrace, a situation as abhorrent as Alzheimer's, & as a result, I was my mom's designated - make that only - caregiver.  Awful, right?  Well, not exactly...  Even though my mother’s decline has been devastating, by embracing it, I have received countless unexpected gifts of insight, understanding & joy filled with humor, music & a whole lot of love. This led me to think, "I DO need to film this story!" And so I am!" Support Susie's Campaign at: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/my-mom-and-the-girl--2#/