Tue, 7 Jul 2026 21:08:08 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/06/no-country-for-mothers-film
"When Reshma Saujani set out to make a documentary, she was clear from the
outset: it would not be released on streaming platforms, or at film festivals.
Instead, No Country for Mothers – a new movie about how moms across the US
are being failed – is being screened by hundreds of mothers themselves,
nationwide, in person.
Brittney Walker is hosting a screening at a community poolhouse in Arizona.
Joanna Carolina Berry rented out a theater in Georgia. Stephanie Valdez booked
a library room in Nevada.
Saujani, the film’s executive producer, and the founder of advocacy
organizations Moms First and Girls Who Code, said moms will often watch or read
something at 10pm, after work and chores and parenting, by themselves, then get
“pissed off in isolation”. But not this movie.
She wanted people to watch together, and get inspired to take action.
“We’ve been intentionally divided and distracted through culture wars, and
mostly I think a lot by politicians, and now I would say influencers and tech
companies,” Saujani told the Guardian at a screening in Minneapolis in June.
“And so I think that the only way to beat back the culture wars is to get moms
to come together.”"
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
"When Reshma Saujani set out to make a documentary, she was clear from the
outset: it would not be released on streaming platforms, or at film festivals.
Instead, No Country for Mothers – a new movie about how moms across the US
are being failed – is being screened by hundreds of mothers themselves,
nationwide, in person.
Brittney Walker is hosting a screening at a community poolhouse in Arizona.
Joanna Carolina Berry rented out a theater in Georgia. Stephanie Valdez booked
a library room in Nevada.
Saujani, the film’s executive producer, and the founder of advocacy
organizations Moms First and Girls Who Code, said moms will often watch or read
something at 10pm, after work and chores and parenting, by themselves, then get
“pissed off in isolation”. But not this movie.
She wanted people to watch together, and get inspired to take action.
“We’ve been intentionally divided and distracted through culture wars, and
mostly I think a lot by politicians, and now I would say influencers and tech
companies,” Saujani told the Guardian at a screening in Minneapolis in June.
“And so I think that the only way to beat back the culture wars is to get moms
to come together.”"
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
