War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us

New Zealand 1995

Director/Producer: Gaylene Preston
Cinematographer: Alan Bollinger
Editor: Paul Sutorius
Print Source: New Zealand Film Commissions
95 minutes

A revealing and memorable overview of those women left behind on the homefront (in this case, New Zealand) during World War II, Gaylene Preston's War Stories..." paints a vivid portrait of seven women, who were turned upside down when their loved ones went off to fight in battlefields far from home. Unexpectedly provocative, the film captures the spirit of seven singular, vibrant souls who were forced to sacrifice the security of their homelives for the greater good of humankind.