New York Premiere Screening, Museum of Jewish Heritage

The New York premiere of “Prisoner of Her Past” draws a large audience, including some noteworthy figures: critic-columnist Stanley Crouch, who has written an admiring column about the film in the New York Daily News; and jazz master Ornette Coleman, whose recording of his most famous work, “Lonely Woman,” is the dominant musical theme of the documentary. During the panel discussion afterward, Dr. Yuval Neria – director of the Trauma and PTSD program at Columbia University – says to Howard, “You’re lucky to have such a mother.” So true.