Starring W.G. White, Hesta Barron, Ashley Cleaver, Todd Michael Smith, and Chuck Fusca
Director of Photography: Jessica J. Johnston
Original Music by Jeremiah Thompson
Damian is a half-human, half bear child, raised sheltered in an Old World fashion by his “Mama”(a dominatrix and therapist), his step-father, Gunter (a gentleman drunk), and his nanny.
Damian befriends a trailer-trash kid from the neighborhood and there the trouble/adventure begins.
We are introduced to other unusual characters, including, Opa (the Nazi grandfather chained in the basement), Hans Bobbie (Damian’s arch nemesis), and Jolene (whose big toe is her partially digested twin).
Mama holds the family together, but she becomes unraveled when Damian gets into too much trouble.
Her hobbies include researching human behavior and making bondage love with Gunter.
Mama and Damian is, on the surface, a fable about an innocent wading into treacherous waters, but there is also an underlying theme about what it really means to be an American (a vast definition) and why one man’s freak is another man’s normal.
The humor comes from the dialogue and unexpected slapstick moments. ~Trinka Five Films