My Mother was a Butterfly (2008)

A young woman, who is said to have spent three days alone with her mothers dead body when she was six years old, journeys to learn the truth of her mother's mysterious life and tragic death. In the midst of her quest, she also uncovers information leading her to the father she never knew. Two-Time Emmy Award winning, Celebrity Make-Up Artist turned Filmmaker, Eva Jane Bunkley, travels the United States in search of the people still alive to tell her mother's story in My Mother Was A Butterfly