I Stand Here Ironing

Directed by Bruce Schwartz · Starring Sandy Johnson, Chryssie Whitehead, Solene LeVan, Denise Lorraine · 2005

An adaptation of Tillie Olsen's story in which a mother, ironing, looks back on raising her eldest daughter through poverty and hardship.

A screen adaptation of Tillie Olsen's celebrated story about a mother reckoning with her daughter's difficult upbringing.

"I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen

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