A vital but all-too-rare exploration of Black motherhood struggling on the margins.

It’s bleak at times, but there is a defiantly celebratory aspect to the film, which finds hope in the solidarity of Black women and dignity in Gia’s quiet stoicism.

[Nomore] is a performer to watch in a film by a director who has, clearly, arrived.

Savanah Leaf’s feature film debut, Earth Mama, is an exquisitely rendered, quietly powerful portrait of a young mother trying to navigate a broken system and cruel world.