Motherland

Motherland

2017 · 94 min · ★ 6.4 · Documentary

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.

Directed by Ramona S. Diaz

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