“Savanah Leaf’s feature debut “Earth Mama” is starting to look like an early awards season prospect for distributor A24. After successful premieres at both Sundance and New Directors/New Films, the drama about a young Black mother’s fight to wrest her kids from the foster care system just won the Audience Award at SFFILM, also known as the San Francisco International Film Festival. “Earth Mama” is notably a Bay Area-grown production [with costume design by Natasha Hester], with former Olympian athlete turned filmmaker Leaf casting non-professional actors for the feature.”

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