Bantú Mama

Directed byIvan Herrera

Written by

• Clarisse Albrecht
• Ivan Herrera

Produced by

• Ivan Herrera^[1]
• Clarisse Albrecht^[2]
• Nicolas LaMadrid
• Franmiris Lombert

Starring

• Clarisse Albrecht
• Scarlet Reyes
• Euris Javiel
• Arturo Perez
• Donis Taveras

Bantú Mama
Film poster
Directed by	Ivan Herrera
Written by	Clarisse Albrecht Ivan Herrera
Produced by	Ivan Herrera[1] Clarisse Albrecht[2] Nicolas LaMadrid Franmiris Lombert
Starring	Clarisse Albrecht Scarlet Reyes Euris Javiel Arturo Perez Donis Taveras
Cinematography	Sebastián Cabrera Chelin
Edited by	Pablo Chea, Israel Cárdenas
Music by	Mediumship Music LS Boddhi Satva
Production companies	Point Barre[1] Basecamp Studio Aurora Dominicana
Distributed by	ARRAY[3] Netflix[3]
Release dates	16 March 2021 (2021-03-16) (SXSW) 13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) (Dominican Republic) 17 November 2022 (2022-11-17) (Netflix)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Dominican Republic
Languages	Spanish French

Bantú Mama is a 2021 Dominican drama film directed by Ivan Herrera and written by Ivan Herrera and Clarisse Albrecht. Produced by Ivan Herrera, Clarisse Albrecht, Nicolas LaMadrid and Franmiris Lombert,^[4] it was filmed in the Dominican Republic, France and Senegal. The film tells the story of Emma (Clarisse Albrecht), a French woman of African descent who manages to escape after being arrested in the Dominican Republic. She finds shelter in the most dangerous district of Santo Domingo, where she is taken in by a group of children (Scarlet Reyes, Euris Javiel and Arturo Perez). By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she experiences an unimaginable change in her destiny.

The film was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.^[5] ARRAY acquired the distribution rights to the film in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, and it was released on Netflix on 17 November 2022.^[6]