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Skip to main content Indiegogo logo Down Caret Indiegogo logo Explore Down Caret Our Top 10 Finds Team Favorites Search Start a Campaign What We Do Log In Sign Up Our Top 10 Finds Team Favorites Spend Under $100 Top 20 of 2022 * Indemand Indemand Indemand Indemand Indemand DIVINE MOTHER DIVINE MOTHER DIVINE MOTHER DIVINE MOTHER DIVINE MOTHER DIVINE MOTHER is a short film that explores pregnancy loss and what it means to be a mother. DIVINE MOTHER is a short film that explores pregnancy loss and what it means to be a mother. DIVINE MOTHER is a short film that explores pregnancy loss and what it means to be a mother. DIVINE MOTHER is a short film that explores pregnancy loss and what it means to be a mother. Erika Navarro Erika Navarro Erika Navarro Erika Navarro 1 Campaign | Los Angeles, United States $22,088 USD by 203 backers $20,718 USD by 188 backers on May 27, 2022 See Options Empty Heart Follow Facebook Twitter Link Story FAQ Updates 16 Discussion 1 UPDATE: DIVINE MOTHER IS NOW IN POST-PRODUCTION! We've finished principal photography, and we are now raising funds to complete the film. Your contributions will go towards final editing, sound design, music, color correction, and finishing and distributing the film through festivals and screenings. Thank you for being part of bringing this meaningful work to the world! WHAT IS DIVINE MOTHER? Divine Mother is a short film that explores pregnancy loss and what it means to be a mother through the journey of Aneka and Miguel, a couple on a road trip through the Southwest. What starts as an outer quest becomes an inner odyssey as the couple faces loss, racism, and a crisis of faith against the harsh yet beautiful backdrop of the desert. Our story is just as hopeful as it is heartbreaking in its exploration of topics that so many face yet so few talk about. We’re on a mission to start honest conversations around these topics as well as to help would-be mothers shed the shame and feel less alone. These stories deserve to be told, but we can only tell them with your help. By contributing to our film, you are helping to shed light on these unique experiences and advancing representation both in front of and behind the camera. Donate today and spread the word to help us bring this project to life! THE IMPACT: While developing Divine Mother, we learned that up to 1 in 5 known pregnancies end in miscarriage, or even more when you factor in unknown pregnancies. Yet it’s still a topic that seems to come with so much shame, self-blame, and grief that it’s not often talked about, leading to so many would-be mothers feeling completely alone in their loss. We’ve also learned that according to the CDC, “Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. Multiple factors contribute to these disparities, such as variation in quality healthcare, underlying chronic conditions, structural racism, and implicit bias." With this heartbreaking statistic in mind, we felt it was also important to touch on what Aneka must face as a would-be Black mother encountering the racism of an unfamiliar doctor, and how that contributes to her emotional journey. Furthermore, this project offers a unique perspective on an event that’s so common, yet so underexplored, as most filmic depictions of miscarriage do little to capture what it’s truly like for women. We’ve seen this emotionally wrenching experience reduced to a solemn moment in a doctor’s office or crying behind a bathroom door… perhaps a factor of these stories very rarely being told with a woman behind the camera, let alone a woman of color in front of the camera. Women made up 12% of directors working on the 100 top-grossing films in 2021, and Black women made up only 3.7% of leads/co-leads in the 100 top-grossing films of the last decade. By supporting this film, you’re contributing to representation behind and in front of the camera, as well as nuanced depictions of the underexplored experiences we’re capturing in Divine Mother. These stories deserve to be told, and we can only tell them with your help. OUR TEAM: AJARAE COLEMAN, LEAD ACTRESS/PRODUCER Ajarae Coleman is an actress, producer, and entrepreneur whose rich storytelling career has seen her appear on national commercials and hit TV shows including ABC’s SCANDAL, THE CATCH, and PRIVATE PRACTICE, CBS’s NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, THE McCARTHYS and 2 BROKE GIRLS, NBC’s DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Netflix’s I’M SORRY, and more. Through her coaching business, Acting Resource Guru, Ajarae is on a mission to empower actors to become industry leaders, so they can change the world with the stories they tell. Ajarae also holds a Biological Anthropology degree from Harvard, and taught sixth grade in Compton as a Teach For America corps member, an experience that changed her life. ERIKA NAVARRO, WRITER/DIRECTOR Erika Navarro is a writer and filmmaker with a passion for telling narrative and documentary stories with heart, humor, and hope. She launched her creative career as the founder of a pioneering femme-driven comedy brand and digital studio, Comediva, which she ran for 5 years. During this time, she produced 300+ comedy videos and built an audience to the tune of 3M+ monthly views at its peak. Erika went on to co-create and co-write a TV pilot for Amazon Studios as well as develop film and television projects with major media companies including Universal Cable Productions, Nickelodeon, Univision, Team Todd, Denver & Delilah, and more. Erika joined the Writer’s Guild of America in 2016. EMILIA MENDIETA CORDOVA, CINEMATOGRAPHER Hailing from Wichita, Kansas by way of Quito, Ecuador, Emilia Mendieta Córdova is an Ecuadorian-American Cinematographer with a passion for bold visual storytelling. She has a B.A. from Vassar College and an MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory. Emilia has shot numerous award-winning films including the Afro-futuristic sci-fi short CODE_SWITCH and three feature films: TO THE NEW GIRL, HOTEL REFINEMENT, and Mark S. Allen’s upcoming directorial debut AMY’S F**CK-IT LIST. On the commercial side, she has shot over 10 award-winning music video collaborations with Charley Young, and has produced, directed, and shot promos and a short-form food show for ABC10 (KXTV). Emilia is multilingual (English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese), a classically-trained cellist, amateur Astrophotographer, culinary arts enthusiast, and a massive Star Wars fan. She is also a Part 107 FAA Certified Drone pilot. DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT: Hi! I’m Erika Navarro, and I’m the writer and director of Divine Mother. Inspired by true events from my own life as well as heart-to-heart conversations I’ve had with Ajarae over the past year, Divine Mother depicts the experience of pregnancy loss with raw emotion, spiritual truth, and a little bit of magical realism under a hot desert sun. Years ago, I experienced a heartbreaking miscarriage myself and I was shocked to realize just how visceral and painful it was... it really is a profound loss that hits on all levels... mind, body, and spirit. More recently, I experienced another pregnancy loss during a road trip, which makes for the setting of this film, and the perfect vehicle to capture the transient nature of this journey. Storytelling is the best way I know to transmute these losses into something beautiful that brings them meaning and purpose. Through the eyes of our lead character, Aneka, we look at these experiences with nuance and depth as she finds herself eye-to-eye with questions of faith in an environment that will test the mettle of her soul. The harshness of the desert setting mirrors the harshness of nature herself... and the difficulty of bringing life into an unwelcoming world. I think of the mama bird who throws a fledgling out of the nest when she detects its lack of viability in this world... this is an unemotional decision for her. Yet human life is something so precious, so delicate, so mysterious… and the spiritual journey of becoming a mother is unlike any other. “Why do some people get to be mothers and others just... don’t?” This is a question that Aneka will ask in the film... and this story does not seek to answer that question, but rather to live in it. It’s an ambitious vision both in style and substance, and your support is what will make it possible. Your contributions mean the world to us, and I can’t wait to share this film with you. WHAT WE NEED: Every dollar you contribute to this campaign goes straight towards the post-production and distribution of the film, including: * Editing * Sound Design & Mix * Music * Visual Effects * Color Correction * Festival Submissions & Screenings As you can see, a lot of work goes into making a film and it takes a village! With your contributions, we can bring together the best possible team and resources to execute this vision to its fullest expression. OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP: If you’re not able to contribute monetarily but still want to support the film, we’d love to have your help! Here are some ways you can get involved: * Share the link to this campaign directly with your friends, colleagues, or organizations that you think would resonate with and be able to support our project. * Boost our videos, posts, and campaign link on social media with your reactions, comments, and shares. * Are you or do you know a Festival Programmer who should see this film once it’s done? Definitely reach out to us! * If you can think of any other support you can offer, we’d love to hear about it! And thank you in advance for being part of our story. With love, Erika & Ajarae Looking for more information? Check the project FAQ Need more information Let us know if you think this campaign contains prohibited content. 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