TORONTO 1994
Miriam is a South African born Jew raising her seventeen year old daughter Eliza. Nelson Mandela's upcoming election triggers a manic episode in the bipolar Miriam, who has spent years fighting apartheid.
Fuelled by the introduction of Mike, Eliza's Black boyfriend, Miriam's mania escalates as she navigates politics, religion, the mental health care system, and parenting.
Lune is an examination of mental illness. It speaks to the flaws in our mental health care system, and comments on the cycles of racism that we have yet to overcome.
Miriam
Eliza
Mike