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A mother fights the system that took her kids — with her belly full and her spirit unbroken.

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Earth Mama (2023)

IntimateUnflinchingCommunity-rooted

Overview

A pregnant single mother, with two children in foster care, embraces her Bay Area community as she fights to reclaim her family.

Content warning

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Tia Nomore's debut is staggeringly lived-in, no performative acting here.

Direction

Savanah Leaf's music video eye brings visual poetry to social realism.

Cinematography

Oakland's golden hour never looked this simultaneously beautiful and heartbreaking.

Best for:Solo: When you need to feel something deeply, alone with your thoughts.·Streaming: Demands your full attention — pause the phone, actually.

Heads up:Triggers: Child welfare system trauma, pregnancy complications, financial desperation.

Director

Savanah Leaf

ReleasedJul 7, 2023

Runtime1h 41m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Top Cast

Tia Nomore

Gia

Erika Alexander

Miss Carmen

Doechii

Trina

Sharon Duncan-Brewster

Monica

Bokeem Woodbine

Paul

Kami Jones

Amber

Dominic Fike

Miles

Tina D'Elia

Jasmine

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Savanah Leaf made this after her 2020 short 'The Heart Still Hums' on the same subject; Tia Nomore was a non-actor discovered at a Bay Area community center.

Cultural

Doechii's casting as Trina wasn't stunt casting — the rapper's own mother navigated foster care, bringing unspoken autobiography to every frame she steals.

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