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Bantú Mama

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2023)

Bantú Mama

2021

Ivan Herrera

Clarisse Albrecht, Euris Javiel, Arturo Perez, Scarlet Reyes, Donis Taveras

5.8

44

Drama After being arrested in the Dominican Republic, an Afropean woman escapes and is sheltered by 3 minors, in a dangerous district of Santo Domingo. By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she will see her destiny change inexorably.

	Media	Author	Review
		Manuel Betancourt Variety	"Albrecht and Herrera's care in crafting Emma's transnational and bilingual story is made all the more impressive by how sparingly simple it appears on first watch"
		Marya E. Gates rogerebert.com	"A film that finds the light in the darkest place, preferring to believe in hope above all else (...) Albrecht and Herrera see the beauty and the complexity of feeling as though you belong in two places (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Carlos Aguilar The Wrap	"Ivan Herrera allows [his characters] to brim with life rather than wallow in misery (...) A brief display of joyful magical realism encapsulates its subtle thesis of diasporic kinship"
		Concepción de León The New York Times	"'Bantú Mama' is beautifully shot and rendered, authentically and intimately depicting life in urban Santo Domingo"
		Jude Dry IndieWire	"Artfully told and tenderly performed, 'Bantú Mama' maps the history of the African diaspora in the Caribbean onto a tightly focused and compelling human story"

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