''Bantú Mama'' is a 2021 Dominican

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film directed by Ivan Herrera and written by Ivan Herrera and

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. Produced by Ivan Herrera,

, Nicolas LaMadrid and Franmiris Lombert, it was filmed in the

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and

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. The film tells the story of Emma (

), a French woman of African descent who manages to escape after being arrested in the Dominican Republic. She finds shelter in the most dangerous district of Santo Domingo, where she is taken in by a group of children (Scarlet Reyes, Euris Javiel and Arturo Perez). By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she experiences an unimaginable change in her destiny. The film was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the

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acquired the distribution rights to the film in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, and it was released on

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on 17 November 2022.

Release

It had its world premiere on 16 March 2021, at

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, being the first Dominican feature film to be selected by the festival.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bantú Mama 2021 films 2021 multilingual films Films shot in the Dominican Republic Films set in France Films set in Senegal Dominican Republic drama films 2020s Spanish-language films