The baby is gently cooing, nestled in a tiny bed against a cloud-flecked blue sky. Gia, a young woman, is tending to the newborn, adjusting clothes and tickling toes. The camera slowly pulls back ...

The baby is gently cooing, nestled in a tiny bed against a cloud-flecked blue sky. Gia, a young woman, is tending to the newborn, adjusting clothes and tickling toes. The camera slowly pulls back ...

“Earth Mama” says a lot with very few words. The feature debut of writer-director Savanah Leaf, based on “The Heart Still Hums,” a short film Leaf made with Taylor Russell in 2020, the ...

Leaf based “Earth Mama” on “The Heart Still Hums” (2020), a short documentary about mothers and children that she made with the actress Taylor Russell. For the new film, Leaf has deftly ...

Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. A24 releases the film in theaters on Friday, July 7. Learn the names Savanah Leaf, first-time feature ...

The movie "Earth Mama" follows a pregnant Black woman as she considers giving her baby up for adoption. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks director and writer Savanah Leaf about the sacrifices parents make.

The documentary aspect of “Earth Mama” is doubled with several sequences of the bearing of witness. In two of them, the system (embodied by the teacher of a mandated course) elicits the ...

A24 has landed global rights to "Earth Mama," a coming-of-age story from Olympian-turned-director Savanah Leaf. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV Plus Icon What To Watch Plus Icon Music ...