Aided by goddess Yemayá, an Afro-Cuban woman helps her son flee revolutionary Cuba. Fifty years later, her pregnant granddaughter must face the past in this tale of diaspora, generational inheritance, and resilience.

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Pan African Film Festival (World Premiere)

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NAIYAH AMBROS

Naiyah Ambros is a multi-racial filmmaker from the United States. Most recently, she was a winning finalist of Starz? first-ever #TakeTheLead Writers? Intensive for emerging TV writers and the Grand Prize Winner of Screencraft?s 2023 Horror Competition for her feature screenplay Agua de tu Madre, which is inspired by her AfroCuban heritage. Naiyah?s film, an Agua de tu Madre proof-of-concept, was awarded the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant and recently premiered at the 2024 Pan African Film Festival.