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Barayan
U (INDIA)
2018
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5.0
If Motherland has a message beyond raising awareness of the plight faced by millions of Filipino women, and the ongoing debate around the countrys con ..
Screen Daily
0.5
I must fight my biological predispositions and proclaim Motherland flawed.
The Young Folks
4.5
An eye opening documentary about the plight of poor women giving birth in the busiest maternity ward in the world.
Spirituality And Practice
4.5
The short subject treatment serves as a challenge that, in eighty minutes, writer director Matthew Weiss doesnt meet.
Village Voice
4.5
The Bottom Line Explores issues with an emphatically compassionate approach.
Hollywood Reporter
4.5
The assured film, immersive and astutely observed, recalls the work of master chronicler Frederick Wiseman ...
Los Angeles Times
4.5
The docu won a Sundance Special Jury Award for commanding vision, a rather odd phrase for a film whose primary impression is one of charm and humor am ..
Variety
1.5
The hospital that watches over 100 births a day is not the kind of place Americans would like to use when their water breaks, but the Manila instituti ..
Shockya
4.5
As one panelist remarked, his doc actually doesnt contain any facts.
Cultured Vultures
1.5
An involving, if frequently frustrating, viewing experience...nevertheless, the film offers a fascinating look at birthing procedures on the other sid ..
Film Forward
4.0
In this documentary Diaz takes a very real approach in filming. In most shots the camera is carried by hand, wonders the busy halls, listens in on con ..
Geeks Of Color
4.5
This is truly a remarkable work of documentary storytelling, raw, intimate and subsequently quite profound.
Hammer To Nail
1.5
Audiences are, however, unlikely to have experienced it as presented by Ramona S. Diazs Motherland...
Awfj
4.5
The idea of contraception is a new and misunderstood phenomenon to many citizens, and one which doesnt correspond with their religious viewpoints.
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