Amá
Synopsis
Amá is the Navajo word for Mother. This powerful and shocking documentary from Lorna Tucker exposes the forced sterilisation of thousands of Native American women by the USA Government. Made alongside a group of incredible Native producers, consultants and the survivors themselves, Tucker travels across some of the loneliest parts of the USA meeting the brave survivors, doctors, politicians and whistle-blowers who have brought to light this horrifying scandal. Uncovering the grotesque abuses of power in modern American history.
The film’s release has encouraged women to come forward to share their stories of being subjected to the violence of forced sterilisation suggesting that this abuse continues to persist in the USA and around the world, posing the question: when will this suffering end?
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 73 mins
- Director
- Lorna Tucker
- Producer
- Colin Firth, Ged Doherty, Lorna Tucker, Nuala O’Leary
- Co-Producer
- Andrea Vecchiato
- Executive Producer
- Charon Asetoyer, Ian Astbury, Claudia Bluemhuber, Livia Firth, Gordon Roddick, Peter Tyson
- Editor
- Claire Ferguson, Sergio Mosteiro
- Screenwriter
- Lorna Tucker
- Director of Photography
- Andrea Vecchiato
- Music
- Peter Hellicar, Jarrod Royles-Atkins
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 21st March 2019
