My Mother the Clown (The Trilogy Screening)

Join us for a film screening about clowns and family on Saturday October, 31, Halloween in Brentwood MD. Hi! My name is Nia Hampton and when I was in middle school, my mother almost became a professional clown. Yes, you heard that right. My mother was almost a clown. I've made three films about this experience and I'm screening them all on Halloween at Liberation Studios in Brentwood Maryland. Read about the films here. Come and watch my silly little films and stay for a talk back with Liberation Studio Artist Mayah Lovell. Come dressed in your costume! And maybe win a prize if it's the best! $25 suggested donation My Mother the Clown (2013) It's 'Bring your parents to School' Day, and Nekia Hampton is dreading it. But not for the reasons you think. In this touching coming of age story, we follow an anxious teenager who wants to establish her independence from her single mother. Her single mother who has now become a local celebrity for her ability to take a pie to the face. Working Title (2024) A meta-mockumentary and articulation of the ego trip that is directing a film. Primarily inspired by William Greaves Symbiopyschotaxiplasm (1968) I have compiled footage from 4 different cameras and various crew members to show what making a fictional film about my life has actually been like. My Mother the Clown (2025) Poor millennial Nina Hamilton, laid off in 2020 and perpetually under employed since, needs money to save her family home. But her mother, Silly Sheila, a clown, her current roommate and a major source of shame in Nina’s psyche, is in the way - or is she? About Liberation Studios liberation (n.)(v.) studios, gallery; community-based collaborative practice A shared studio and residency space for equity-driven, community-engaged artists, artmaking and cultural work