Mother Plant

(Madre Planta)

Lisandro Costa / Argentina / 2021 / 86 min
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  • Trieste Iberoamerican Film Festival

  • Mexico Int'l Cannabis Film Festival

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Synopsis

Spanish with English subtitles

A group of mothers discovers that cannabis oil offers a lifeline of improved quality for their children suffering from refractory pathologies. Their journey to legalize this medicinal elixir becomes a battle against stigma, misinformation, and criminalization. Through a poignant choral narrative by filmmakers Lisandro Costa, Alejandro Espolsino, and Francisco López, spanning over four years, the documentary dives deep into the lives of these families. It explores their struggles, clinical advancements, and scientific research, urging for medical education and the decriminalization of nature to benefit those who need it most: the patients.

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About the Director
Lisandro Costa is a journalist, a documentarian, an independent producer, an audiovisual creator, and an editor interested in social issues and changes in cultural paradigms. He works in the audiovisual field from this perspective.

Between 2000 and 2004, he collaborated with the audiovisual collective Barra to produce various documentaries addressing social issues. Among them are Generación Golpe, Mano Dura, 19/20 Ecos de una Rebelión, and Que se vayan todos. Based on the archive generated during those years, he is currently working on a documentary research project aimed at exploring the tumultuous political period of 2001-2004.

In 2004, he started filming La Ganga, a documentary on the mining issue in Argentina, shot in Esquel, San Juan, Mendoza, Tucumán, and Catamarca. The film premiered at the Centro Cultural de la Cooperación BS.AS and remained in theaters for three weeks. He received the award for the best documentary on environmental issues from the Association of Documentarians in 2007.

Press

“Mother Plant offers a different perspective of the healthcare conversation. (...) The film fits perfect in most academic libraries, leaning into themes of activism and Latin American studies.” – Bryan J. Sajecki, University at Buffalo, EMRO

“The documentary that demands the right to health.” – Luis Coro, Noticiario Sur

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