Overview

• Building on its Cannes standing ovation and Tribeca premiere, the film became available to UK viewers on Sky Documentaries and Now in early July.
• Hargitay combines archival clips with interviews of Mansfield’s children to showcase her dramatic roles and musical talents beyond her bombshell reputation.
• The director explores her own identity by speaking with adoptive father Mickey Hargitay Sr and biological father Nelson Sardelli about her paternity.
• Reviewers praised the documentary’s tender narrative and thoughtful pacing while noting its poignant coverage of Mansfield’s tragic death.
• My Mom Jayne exemplifies a growing trend of descendants of public figures using personal documentaries to reclaim and reframe their family legacies.