{"id":478779,"date":"2022-07-28T20:16:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T17:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-netflixs-umma-reveals-about-generational-trauma\/"},"modified":"2022-07-28T20:16:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T17:16:38","slug":"what-netflixs-umma-reveals-about-generational-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-netflixs-umma-reveals-about-generational-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Netflix&#8217;s Umma Reveals About Generational Trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2738e058850\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2738e058850\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-netflixs-umma-reveals-about-generational-trauma\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_Netflixs_Umma_Reveals_About_Generational_Trauma%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What Netflix&#8217;s Umma Reveals About Generational Trauma&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-netflixs-umma-reveals-about-generational-trauma\/#Ummas_Foundation_of_Trauma\" >Umma&#8217;s Foundation of Trauma<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-netflixs-umma-reveals-about-generational-trauma\/#Passing_Down_the_Impact\" >Passing Down the Impact<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-netflixs-umma-reveals-about-generational-trauma\/#Accepting_the_Past_Moving_Forward\" >Accepting the Past, Moving Forward<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_Netflixs_Umma_Reveals_About_Generational_Trauma%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What Netflix&#8217;s Umma Reveals About Generational Trauma&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<span class=\"article-alert\">Spoiler Warning: Umma (2022)<\/span><br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #1! --><!-- No winning ad found for zone: below first paragraph! --><!-- No winning ad found for zone: mid intro! --><br \/>\nMany audience members go to film as a way to escape, to feel detached from the world and state they\u2019re in, even if just for a short while. They need to feel as if there is something better out there. Some turn to film for a sense of connection and catharsis, as a way to see themselves, all they are, and all they\u2019ve struggled with represented on screen. They need to feel as if they aren\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n<p>Even though there are plenty of positive and cheerful ways to represent viewers on screen, there have been more and more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> telling stories through an underlying trauma. While these films can be unnerving or tough to gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>le with, they still show truths that audience members need to see. Some need to see it in order to better understand traumas that others might have, and some need to see themselves reflected in characters that continue fighting despite the trauma and even manage to heal.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adsninja-ad-zone\" id=\"adsninja-ad-zone-MW-Reg-Org\">\n<div id=\"dynamically-injected-refresh-ad-zone-MW-Reg-Org\" class=\"dynamically-injected-refresh-ad-zone\">\n<div class=\"ad-current\">\n<div id=\"ad-zone-container-MW-Reg-Org\" class=\"ad-zone-container ad-zone-container-content-character-count-repeatable-1\" data-no-fill-collapsable=\"false\"><strong class=\"ad-zone-advertising-tag\">MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #2! --><br \/>\nThe recent movie <strong><em>Umma<\/em><\/strong> released by Netflix, does a perfect job of revealing all of these aspects to audience members. On the surface, the film seems to be about a woman haunted by her malicious mother\u2019s ghost, but going a little deeper presents a story <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectiveteachingjournal.com\/films-for-teaching-intercultural-communication\/\">about cultural differences<\/a>, abuse, generational trauma, and the confusing intents of love.<br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: native in content! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"umma-39-s-foundation-of-trauma\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ummas_Foundation_of_Trauma\"><\/span> Umma&#8217;s Foundation of Trauma<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img expandable img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.5%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Umma-on-Netflix.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Netflix&quot;\">\n<figure> <picture> <!--[if IE 9]> <video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"750px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Umma-on-Netflix.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=750&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Umma-on-Netflix.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Umma-on-Netflix.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Umma-on-Netflix.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Umma on Netflix\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Umma-on-Netflix.jpg\"\/> <\/picture><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The story centers around Amanda, played by Sandra Oh, who lives alone in a rural house as a beekeeper with her daughter Chrissy (Fivel Stewart). They are completely isolated from people and, importantly, electricity, except for their friend who comes to take and sell Amanda\u2019s honey. Amanda grew up in the house with her parents, who were Korean immigrants, but her mother \u2013 the titular Umma (MeeWha Alana Lee) \u2013 was extremely unhappy with the move. She had been a renowned dressmaker in Korea but was expected to be a perfect wife and move with her husband so he could get a better job. However, the culture shock and loneliness were too much for her.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #3! --><br \/>\n<span class=\"related-single\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> Most Anticipated Korean Films Still to Come In 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dealing with struggles and trauma as many women had before her made her cruel. Her husband left her. Umma wanted her and Amanda to be together forever, needed Amanda to need her, and she became more and more manipulative and abusive. If Amanda tried to run away, then Umma would lock her in a closet and tell her how much it hurt her when she tried to leave. When she wanted Amanda to feel the same pain she did, she made her daughter hold exposed electrical wires. Eventually, Umma grew old and left the house, but Amanda stayed to raise her own daughter and promised never to be like her mother. But because so much trauma was instilled in her at such a young age, which she never properly dealt with, some of Umma still lingers in the house \u2013 even before Amanda received her remains from her family.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #4! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"passing-down-the-impact\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Passing_Down_the_Impact\"><\/span> Passing Down the Impact<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img expandable img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.5%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chrissy-and-amanda-umma.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Netflix&quot;\">\n<figure> <picture> <!--[if IE 9]> <video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"750px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chrissy-and-amanda-umma.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=750&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chrissy-and-amanda-umma.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chrissy-and-amanda-umma.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chrissy-and-amanda-umma.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"chrissy and amanda, umma\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chrissy-and-amanda-umma.jpg\"\/> <\/picture><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> As the film continues on, we see how Umma\u2019s ghost impacts Amanda. Amanda had never shared any of her trauma or childhood with her daughter, leaving Chrissy in the dark as she struggled, not realizing how she\u2019s isolating her daughter and pushing her away. Amanda wants to protect her but doesn\u2019t realize that, in her own way, she\u2019s trapping her daughter there with her. Her fear of the outside world and the fear of becoming her mother stifles Chrissy\u2019s life and makes Amanda upset when her daughter wants to go to college. She claims everything she does is for Chrissy and comes from a place of love, yet she\u2019s doing more harm than good \u2013 much like her mother before her.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> Best Korean Thriller Movies, Ranked<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><br \/>\nSoon she starts to get angry at Chrissy for wanting to change things, for trying to learn about her mother\u2019s past and the culture they came from, and for trying to make a life of her own. She can\u2019t recognize it, but the trauma caused by Umma is a trauma she\u2019s passing down to her daughter. She doesn\u2019t realize her fear and love have combined into something twisted. As the bond with her daughter ebbs and flows, this film shows a realistic <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/best-mother-daughter-movies-to-watch-after-turning-red\/\">mother-daughter relationship<\/a> amongst trauma and struggle.<br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #5! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"accepting-the-past-moving-forward\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accepting_the_Past_Moving_Forward\"><\/span> Accepting the Past, Moving Forward<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img expandable img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.5%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/umma-netflix.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Netflix&quot;\">\n<figure> <picture> <!--[if IE 9]> <video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"750px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/umma-netflix.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=750&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/umma-netflix.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/umma-netflix.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/umma-netflix.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"umma netflix\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/umma-netflix.jpg\"\/> <\/picture><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> There are many different types of dysfunctional families, and not all of them can reconcile through their struggles. But <em>Umma <\/em>shows Amanda conquering her mother&#8217;s fears and being able to move on from the past to save her future with her daughter. In her darkest moment, when she feels like she\u2019s lost Chrissy, her mother possesses her in order to keep them together forever and be the mother Chrissy truly needs. Chrissy is able to bring her mother back until she is taken by Umma, where they reconcile in a ghostly in-between world. Amanda recognizes her mother\u2019s hardships but also tells her she was cruel. While she can\u2019t fully forgive her, she wishes her mother peace in death.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><br \/>\nAfter this, Amanda and Chrissy give Umma a proper resting place in front of the house where she can find a final rest, as their Korean tradition dictates. Even though Chrissy has a lot to learn about her mother and their Korean culture, this is the beginning of a new chapter for the two of them. They can connect on a truer level, Amanda can deal with her trauma in a healthier way, and Chrissy can go off to college to start her own life.<br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #6! --><br \/>\nThis Netflix movie beautifully illustrates the hardships of family, especially when there is trauma deeply rooted in multiple relationships. It reveals how difficult dealing with the past can be but also how it must be dealt with. Otherwise, it won\u2019t only haunt you but will haunt the rest of your family too.\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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