Motherland

"A lively and engaging glimpse at a Manila maternity ward" 

"Explores issues with an emphatically compassionate approach (...) A telling perspective on dominant social trends and health care policy issues in the Philippines." 

"Diaz’s cinematographers (...) move around the hospital beds with such ease that no patient or professional’s candid moment seems to go unnoticed (...) Diaz never loses sight of the truth that these are all individuals, not just statistics." 

"The assured film, immersive and astutely observed, recalls the work of master chronicler Frederick Wiseman (...) It’s the power of communal interaction that’s unforgettable." 

"An eye-opening, moving and often shocking film (...) While such conditions may be devastatingly alien to Western viewers (...) [Diaz] is careful to strike a balance."