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"Motherland" is a subdued but moving documentary about six mothers who begin as strangers, but find common ground and comfort in their grief over the loss of a child. Together these women travel to Africa to provide comfort and aid to impoverished children. Each woman's story of the loss of their child (which ranges from suicide, murder and accident) is juxtaposed with scenes of the women finding a sense of peace in conversations with each other and finding warm distraction by showing love and affection to children who either have AIDS or have lost a parent to the devastating virus.

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