Philippines Synopsis
Bayang Ina Mo
The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. There, poor women face devastating consequences as their country struggles with reproductive health policy and the politics of conservative Catholic ideologies.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Motherland. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2016–2018 Philippines Window
Motherland holds position #10 of 27 Philippines films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Philippines Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Philippines, 69 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Motherland premiered alongside 9 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 9 other Philippines films in 2017.
The 99th Philippines title from Philippines we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1964).
Our Philippines catalog contains 146 titles in total (134 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 16% of Philippines films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 3th percentile among Philippines films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Motherland, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- death in childbirth · 3
- birth · 2
- maternity · 1
- maternal death · 1
- woman director · 246
- philippines · 55
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #53 of 146 Philippines films indexed here (64th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Philippines average of 6.2/10.
Among Philippines Documentary productions specifically: #3 of 6 (top 50%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Philippines |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America, Philippines |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | ITVS, CineDiaz, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Women Make Movies, Chicken & Egg Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 34m |
| Release Date | January 21, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt6333078 |
| Official Site | motherland-film.com |