Members Screening: Earth Mama & Code Unknown

Earth Mama
Dir. Savanah Leaf, 2023, 97min, DCP
With Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Keta Price

Code Unknown
Dir. Michael Haneke, 2000, 118min, Digital
With Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Alexandre Hamidi
In English, French, French Sign Language, Malinka, and Romanian with English subtitles

BAM Members (Level 3 and above) are invited to an advance screening of Savanah Leaf’s Earth Mama in this special double-feature event that pairs the film with Michael Haneke’s Code Unknown, a key influence on the writer-director’s acclaimed debut. Leaf will appear in-person for a Q&A along with actors Tia Nomore and Erika Alexander!

Earth Mama centers on the experiences of Gia (Nomore), a pregnant single mother whose two children have been placed in foster care. As Gia fights to reclaim her children, she learns to embrace and cement a place for herself within her Bay Area community. Leaf’s delicate and deeply-felt drama heralds the arrival of a singular new storyteller in American film.