The Mother Project explores the family relationships of Tierney Gearon; her manic depressive, schizophrenic mother, and her children. It has been described as “one of the most remarkable and layered explorations of family relationships, insanity, and the motivations of memoristic artists.” Tierney Gearon’s work, both that involving her children and that involving her relationship with her mother, raises powerful and important clinical and ethical issues. Discussion of these issues, and the ways in which creative arts can be an effective coping mechanism, follow the viewing of the film.