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Mother Land streaming

Original title: Terra Mater

2023 Movie Switzerland Short, Drama 4 min

By: Kantarama Gahigiri With: Cheryl Isheja

Technology and waste, in our lands, our systems, our bones. Wandering our spaces, she cannot help but wonder, where is the space for healing?

Festival Achievements

International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam 2023

Selections:

IDFA Archive

Berlin International Film Festival 2023

Selections:

Berlinale Shorts 2023

Mood

Activist

Confrontational

Hopeful

Melancholic

Thought-Provoking

Thoughtful

Urgent

Cast & Crew

Kantarama Gahigiri

Cheryl Isheja

Cinematic Technique

Afrofuturist Imagery

Montage

Performance Art

Surreal Imagery

Symbolic Visuals

Visual Symbolism

Film Movements

Afrofuturism

Narrative Structure

Experimental

Non-Linear

Symbolic Storytelling

Visual Metaphor

Pace

Meditative

Slow-Paced

Runtime

Short Film

Soundtrack

Ambient Sound

Sound Design

Style

Afrofuturist

Documentary

Experimental

Performance Art

Visual Metaphor

Visual Storytelling

Time-Period

Afrofuturism

Contemporary

Futuristic

Central Conflict

Capitalism Critique

Environmental Destruction

Environmental Exploitation

Environmental Responsibility

Exploitation Of Africa

Pollution

Waste Crisis

Characters

Activist Performer

Deity-Like Character

Earth Spirit

Female Figure

Goddess Figure

Goddess Of Waste

Ending

Activist Message

Ambiguous

Call For Healing

Call To Action

Hopeful

Historical Context

Climate Change Awareness

Climate Crisis

Contemporary Environmental Crisis

Global Environmental Issues

Key Plot Points

Activist Performance

Call For Responsibility

Denunciation Of Capitalism

Future Message

Performance Calling For Responsibility

Visual Metaphor Of Pollution

Visual Protest

Plot

Activist Performance

African Exploitation

Climate Crisis

Colonial Critique

Environmental Activism

Environmental Crisis

Futuristic Warning

Plastic Pollution

Setting

Landfill

Mountains Of Plastic

Rubbish Dump

Technological Waste

Urban Waste

Urban Wasteland

Shooting Location

Environmental Sites

Mountainous Landscape

Public Square

Urban Landfill

Urban Wasteland

Theme

Capitalism Critique

Climate Activism

Climate Change

Colonialism Critique

Environmental Destruction

Environmental Responsibility

Exploitation Of Africa

Future Warning

Genre

Activist Film

Environmental Documentary

Performance Art

Short Film

Audiences

Activists

Art Lovers

Environmental Activists

Environmentally Conscious

Festival Attendees

Socially Conscious Viewers

Titles

Mother Earth

Mother Land

Critical Reception

Positive

Thought-Provoking

Festivals

Locarno Film Festival

Reception

Artistic Recognition

Berlinale

Festival Screening

Locarno Film Festival

Production Countries

Africa

Rwanda

Switzerland

Release Year

2023

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