Moon Child

Three generations, including the subject herself, come together to tell the story of Vina Schmitt, grandmother, mother, accused murderer, and self-proclaimed “Moon Child” of San Diego, California. Sexually and physically abused by her stepfather as a child, Vina’s forced loss of boundaries led her to pursuing a life of wild freedom filled with surfing, skating, and booze as an adult that extended far beyond her mothering years. Now a grandmother, Vina’s daughter and granddaughter recollect the ways in which Vina’s life story has impacted their own, and wonder if the intergenerational trauma caused by Vina’s stepfather can ever truly be dissolved.