The trailer for the Dominican Republic’s Oscar submission, “Bantú Mama,” has arrived. The drama tells the story of Emma (Clarisse Albrecht), a French woman of African descent who is on the run and trying to elude Dominican authorities after narrowly escaping arrest. “If you help me, I’ll help you,” she’s told by a young girl bargaining for mutual protection and survival in the most dangerous district of Santo Domingo.
Emma is eventually taken in by a group of three children who guide her as their protégée in exchange for acting as a maternal figure to them, causing “her destiny [to] change inexorably,” the film’s synopsis teases.
The trailer shows Emma’s