As her debut film is released, director Savanah Leaf talks about pushing back against cliched portrayals of Black women in cinema.
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Gia (played by Tia Nomore) is a young mother whose two children have been taken by the state. That means she gets to see them only an hour a week during...
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The Portland Art Museum recognizes and honors the Indigenous peoples of this region on whose ancestral lands the museum now stands.
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A quietly shattering first feature from writer-director Savanah Leaf, we find ourselves in a room with a Black woman named Gia (Tia Nomore) as she spends time...
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In Earth Mama, written and directed by Savanah Leaf and photographed by Emmy-nominated cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes, ASC, Oakland rapper...
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The extraordinary, heart-rending Earth Mama is a film about choices—choices born of maternal love, self-doubt and strength, while being bordered...
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The despairing Earth Mama follows an impoverished single mother trying to keep her head above water, her sea of troubles only rising.
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Earth Mama is the feature debut from writer-director Savanah Leaf based on a short film made with Taylor Russell, The Heart Still Hums.
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What does one woman's plight signify for the lack of resources for maligned mothers across the country? Our Earth Mama review:
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Earth Mama. 2023. USA. Directed by Savanah Leaf. New York Premiere. 97 min. A devastating and evocative portrait of motherhood refracted through the prisms...
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