Synopsis

Materna (2020)

Jean, a VR software developer, encounters real-life consequences while working in virtual reality; Mona, a struggling actress from Harlem, tries to reconcile with her estranged Jehovah’s witness mother; Ruth, a concerned mother, must confront the possibility she has created a monster – her son; Perizad, a Kyrgyz immigrant, returns to her homeland to bury the last male member of her family. Four women’s lives, separated by race, culture, religion and class but connected by the complexities of motherhood are bound together by an incident on the New York city subway.
David Gutnik
Kate Lyn Sheil, Jade Eshete, Lindsay Burdge, Assol Abdullina, Cassandra Freeman, Michael Chernus, Sturgill Simpson, Rory Culkin
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