Money Matters (2011)

A moving and intimate film that follows Monique Money Matters Terri Abney caught at the brink of adolescence Her relationship with her mother Pamela Matters Aunjanue Ellis RAY MEN OF HONER is far from stable and depicts the struggle between a young mother and daughter who both come of agetogether Sharp and candid dialogue blur the roles of parent and child revealing a family secret magnified by pain and years of regret Moneys daily routine a threebus commute to the Catholic school she attends far from her dilapidated neighborhood to another world where she feels just as uncomfortable When she befriends a neighborhood girl who seems to understand her their friendship develops in ways that push boundaries