Winner
Sundance Film Festival
Special Jury Award (2017)
AsianWomenDirectorsPublic Beta
Motherland
Directed by Ramona S. Díaz
2017•94 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Topic
- Body & Self
- Mood
- Unfiltered
- Featured in
- Activist Cinema
Synopsis
The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. There, poor women face devastating consequences as their country struggles with reproductive health policy and the politics of conservative Catholic ideologies.
Trailer
Selected Awards
Winner
Berlin International Film Festival
(2017)
Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary (2018)
Nominee
Peabody Award
(2018)
Nominee
Gawad Urian
(2017)
Director
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