The Great Mother | 2020 Heartland International Film Festival

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"La Gran Madre (The Great Mother)" takes a personal look at immigration through the eyes of Nora Sandigo, legal guardian to over 1,000 U.S. born children of undocumented immigrants.

If parents are deported, their children are sent to foster care. After three months, the children can be adopted, ending any chance of a reunion. When Nora steps in as a guardian, she saves children from foster care and battles to keep parents from being deported. Shot over two years, encompassing the 2016 election and its aftermath, the film captures the most tumultuous years on record for immigrants in a deeply personal way.

In English and Spanish with English subtitles.

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Festivals and Awards:

Athena Film Festival

Boston Latino Film Festival

DOC NYC

JAYU Human Rights Film Festival

Miami International Film Festival

Year
2019
Runtime
93 minutes
Language
English, Spanish
Country
U.S., Columbia
Rating
Language

Director
Dave LaMattina, Chad Walker
Screenwriter
Dave LaMattina
Producer
Dave LaMattina, Chad Walker
Executive Producer
KJohn LaMattina, Mary LaMattina
Cast
Kevin Iwashina, Abby Lynn Kang Davis, John LaMattina, Mary LaMattina, Sammi Edelson

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The Great Mother

This vérité documentary follows Nora Sandigo, legal guardian to over 1,000 U.S. citizen children of undocumented immigrants, as she sacrifices everything—including her own family—to keep American-born children with their parents.