This film’s Online Screening is available in the United States Only and requires an RSVP. Once you’ve secured your RSVP, watch this film starting at 9am CT on Monday, March 14, 2022 through 9am CT on Wednesday, March, 2022, here on this page or on the SXSW TV app. Learn how to RSVP for SXSW Online Screenings: https://www.sxsw.com/how-to-rsvp-for-sxsw-online-screenings/

Check out the Conference Session with Mama Bears' director/producer Daresha Kyi and producer Laura Tatham: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2022/events/PP1141341

Usually when we say films are about transformation, we are speaking metaphorically, but "Mama Bears" is the story of women who have allowed nearly every aspect of their lives to be completely reshaped by love. Although they may have grown up as fundamentalist, evangelical Christians, mama bears are willing to risk losing friends, family, and faith communities to keep their children safe—even if it challenges their belief systems and rips their worlds apart.

Shot in a poetic, deeply intimate style, the film uses social media posts, home movies, photos, interviews, and cinema verité to explore the complex intersections of politics, religion, faith, and true, unconditional love.