maternal death

6 movies and shows

Life Begins

Sat, 10 Sep 1932

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.

In 1969, Pamela Bucklin is born. The same day, her mother dies. Pamela is raised by her father, Wayne, who commits to pray with his daughter every night. He also raises her with a very high standard of purity before marriage. As a teenager, Pamela begins to question the motives put forth by the Bible.

Motherland

Sat, 21 Jan 2017

The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. There, poor women face devastating consequences as their country struggles with reproductive health policy and the politics of conservative Catholic ideologies.

In the Jam Jar

Fri, 08 Oct 2021

n the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan’s final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan’s, her 50-year-old son. This fiction short-movie is a dive into death and grief, a tribute to maternal love comprised of nail clippings, aquarelle, strawberry jam and a ghost radar.

Camino Al Cielo

Wed, 10 Feb 2021

A girl with autism and her best friend run away from home in search of her mother with the only clue that she is in "heaven".

Timo's Winter

Fri, 12 Jun 2020

Timo, the youngest of a Greek community of Funfair workers, will have to face the hardest winter together with his loved ones.