“We haven’t been told the truth!” Vertical debuted the official trailer for an indie film titled Motherland, from filmmaker Evan Matthews making his feature directorial debut. After premiering at a few small film fests earlier this year, te thriller will be out to watch on VOD in September. The vague synopsis explains: set in an alternate present society where the state frees all parents from the burden of raising children, a “rule enforcer” learns a shocking truth that sparks her rebellion. “Freedom from all, for all…” Obviously there’s more going on in this bleak dystopian society than mothers being free. Starring Tony award-winning actress Miriam Silverman as Cora, Holland Taylor, Néstor Carbonell, and introducing Emily Arancio as Zinnia. It’s hard to tell from this trailer what the point of this film is or what it’s message ultimately is. The world building is so vague and they don’t reveal anything… What is it trying to say about our “Motherland”? // Continue Reading ›
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