Guardians
dir. Kelsey Rightnowar
2023
Running time: 22 min.
Trailer
Guardians is a snapshot into the lives of two sisters caring for their mother twelve years after a traumatic brain injury. Blending present footage with family photos and Hi8 tapes, filmmaker Kelsey Rightnowar details the roles she and her sister play as their mother’s legal guardians, using their 27-year-old horse Prince as the anchor. The film is about love, memory and what it looks like to advocate for a parent living in a nursing home in the United States in 2023.
Kelsey
Rightnowar
Kelsey Rightnowar is a filmmaker, producer and lifelong cinema worker from St. Louis, Missouri. She has worked for news outlets, production companies, creative agencies and broadcasters big and small. With a bachelor's degree in history in her back pocket, her passion has always been for documentaries. When she entered the graduate program at the Missouri School of Journalism, her guiding thought was to find a way to make a positive change in the world, however small; to be helpful through her work. This guiding thought is now a beacon as she exits this program.