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Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis

‘Impossible to be a mom’: new film shines light on how America fails its mothers

A woman speaks at a podium before a seated audience, with a backdrop of stars
Reshma Saujani speaking at the No Country for Mothers premiere in Minneapolis. Photograph: Jeremy Bloom

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.

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