Motherland
Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 20 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 22, 2009
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Anderson Digital
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Jennifer Steinman | |
Composition by | Eric Holland & Essence | |
Director of Photography: | Karen Landsberg & Mira Chang |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 8.5/10 --
A deeply moving, illuminating and inspirational documentary.
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NYC Movie Guru
Rating: 4/5 --
A heart-affecting documentary about six American women who are mourning the death of their children and take a healing adventure together to serve others in South Africa.
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Spirituality and Practice
Rating: 4/4 --
Moving documentary chronicles humanitarian mission of women bonded by grief.
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NewsBlaze
Rating: 4/5 --
Jennifer Steinman's new documentary 'Motherland' follows a group of American women who attempt to get beyond their own suffering.
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eFilmCritic.com
Rating: 2.0/5 --
I have a soft spot for an endeavor such as Motherland, so in some ways I want to give it a pass, but I also realize its limitations, calculations, and glaring omissions. When a movie wants to be uplifting, it had better be true to its vision.
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tonymacklin.net
Rating: 3/5 --
Six American mothers, united in grief over the loss of a child, travel to Africa to find their way. That's the concept behind Motherland, a documentary that follows the women's emotional journey toward some kind of solace.
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Orlando Weekly
Rating: B --
Steinman's high concept is unwieldy and overly ambitious and occasionally skirts reality TV territory -- one of the women even jokes about being voted off the island -- but the shots of the children beaming in the company of these mothers are glorious.
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Christian Science Monitor
Product Description:
Six women sharing the same sort of profound grief come together to help others while coming to terms with their own loss in this documentary by Jennifer Steinman. Debbi works as a paramedic with an ambulance company. Anne is married to a man in the advertising business and spends her spare time working with children's charities. Mary Helena works as an actress and storyteller. Barbara is completing her degree in nursing while she finalizes her divorce. Kathy is married to a policeman and works in the emergency ward of a hospital. And Lauren is a college student in her early 20s. While these women all come from different walks of life and cultural backgrounds, they have one thing in common--each of them has had to live with the pain of losing a child, except for Lauren, who is mourning the death of her brother. In late December 2006, the six women traveled to South Africa to spend two-and-a-half weeks volunteering with children's organizations, daycare facilities, centers for abused children, and support groups for at-risk teens. Far from home, the women devote themselves to the shattered lives of others while coming to a better understanding of their own grief; by bonding with one another and a community of welcoming strangers, they come to understand how the death of their loved ones has changed them and how to find a way out of sorrow. MOTHERLAND was an official selection at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival.
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- Sales Rank: 51,958
- UPC: 658769935035
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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