With two children in foster care, Gia—a pregnant single mother pitted against the system—fights to reclaim her family. In this singular debut feature from filmmaker Savanah Leaf, Gia works to make a life for herself and her kids in her close-knit Bay Area community.
A glowing breakout at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival starring Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Doechii, and Dominic Fike.
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"If the filmmaking feels poetic and subdued, it’s the opposite of coy. Leaf is confident enough to let her images, as much as her written dialogue, do much of the narrative lifting."
"Savanah Leaf’s Earth Mama is a melancholic story transformed into a precious portrait by the director’s generous and nurturing eye."
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“One day the sadness will end."
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