Love & Diane

Love & Diane
Directed byJennifer Dworkin
Produced byJennifer Dworkin
Jennifer Fox[1]
CinematographyTsuyoshi Kimoto
Edited byMona Davis
Production
companies
Chilmark Productions
ITVS
Release date
  • April 16, 2003 (2003-04-16)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Love & Diane is a 2002 documentary film directed by Jennifer Dworkin about a recovering crack addict and her troubled daughter in New York City as they navigate the obstacles of joblessness, parenthood, welfare, and public housing.[2]

Plot

The documentary was filmed over 10 years and follows Diane and her daughter, Love, as they deal with the repercussions of Diane's crack cocaine addiction.[2] Reunited after being placed in foster care, Love, now an adult and a mother, must deal with how her mother's addiction affected her in order to become a better mother to her own child.

Reception

Critical response

Critics gave Love & Diane very positive reviews, with Loren King of the Chicago Tribune saying it is "one of the most searing, heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant mother/daughter stories ever put on film."[3] It has a critics' rating of 85 on Metacritic[3] and 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.[4]

Awards and nominations

Award Category Outcome Ref.
Film Independent Spirit Awards Truer Than Fiction Award Won [5]
Locarno Film Festival Golden Leopard - Video Won [6]
Prism Awards Theatrical Feature Film Nominated [7]
One World Film Festival Best Film Award Won [8]
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival MTV News Docs Prize Won [9]
Chlotrudis Awards Buried Treasure Award Nominated [10]

References

  1. ^ "Love and Diane". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  2. ^ a b POV. "Love & Diane". POV. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Love and Diane Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  4. ^ "Love and Diane | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  5. ^ Indiewire (March 22, 2003). ""Far From Heaven" Sweeps 2003 Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  6. ^ "Locarno Film Festival ยท 2002". Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on March 22, 2025. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  7. ^ Morfoot, Addie. "Vice-depiction Prism noms announced". Variety.
  8. ^ people in need. built by naut.cz. "News". oneworld.cz. Archived from the original on May 2, 2003. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  9. ^ "Love & Diane". Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  10. ^ "2004, 10th Annual Awards". Chlotrudis. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
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