For Maria Ebun Pataki
New York African Film Festival 2022
May 12 - 17, 2022
An honest but empathetic account of postpartum depression through the eyes of the mother, Derin, her mother-in-law, and her husband.
For Maria Ebun Pataki plays virtually May 13 – 17 on the FLC Virtual Cinema.
After the complicated birth of her first child, Maria, Derin (Meg Otanwa) becomes withdrawn from family life, unable to engage in the celebrations around her newborn. Her bewildered mother-in-law insists that she is not a good enough parent, while her increasingly worried husband Afolabi (Gabriel Afolayan) watches from the sidelines as she becomes a shadow of herself in this honest but empathetic account of postpartum depression.
Accessibility Options: Closed Captions are available for For Maria Ebun Pataki.
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