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, ...

Early on in “Earth Mama,” a quietly shattering first feature from writer-director Savanah Leaf, we find ourselves in a room with a Black woman named Gia (Tia Nomore) as she spends time with her young ...

"They try to take our culture, try to take our freedom, and you know they'll try to take our babies, too..." A24 has unveiled an official trailer for an indie drama titled Earth Mama, marking the ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

A24 is backing the new movie “Earth Mama,” a coming-of-age story from Olympian-turned-director Savanah Leaf. Written and directed by Leaf, “Earth Mama” follows a pregnant single mother who embraces ...

Motherhood—and its labyrinthine emotions, circumstances, and surprises—is different for everyone and never stagnant, making it hard to capture on film. Yet in her first feature-length film, director ...