Sundance award-winning Filipino doco on the busiest maternity hospital in the world, that reveals an overcrowded, yet profoundly humane environment.
"Mothers,...
Sundance award-winning Filipino doco on the busiest maternity hospital in the world, that reveals an overcrowded, yet profoundly humane environment.
"Mothers, daughters – and the occasional father – cram the corridors of Manila's Dr. Jose Fabella Hospital. The ward is frenetic: hundreds of beds are strewn with mums and their carefully labelled new-borns. Birth control is frowned upon in this underprivileged, predominantly Catholic community; even unmarried teens and 20-somethings with six kids are reluctant to use it. Resources are limited so, in lieu of incubators, the hospital has adopted Kangaroo Mother Care. Parents are obliged to snuggle their premature babies to their chest, 24 hours a day, until they reach an optimum weight." (Sydney Film Festival)
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93 %14 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
44 %9 reviewsAudience score rating
"A lively and engaging glimpse at a Manila maternity ward where overcrowding and limited technological resources have forced some solutions that may not be ideal, but are admirable nonetheless."
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Variety
Variety"If Motherland has a message beyond raising awareness of the plight faced by millions of Filipino women, and the ongoing debate around the country's controversial Reproductive Health Act, it's that life goes resolutely on."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Motherland not only provides an expressively etched account of specialised medical care, but also a telling perspective on dominant social trends and healthcare policy issues in the Philippines."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterMotherland | Details
Award winner- Winner of the Editing Award (Diaz) for World Cinema - Documentary, 2017 Sundance Film Festival
- Runtime
- 94
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- USA, Philippines
