在这部人间母亲纪录片/短片片中,菲律宾的贫困街区中，一位有着虔诚宗教信仰的母亲，时常帮邻里间的妇女接生，并关照她们生产前后的身体状况，只因为大家都没有钱上医院去生产；然而，当她患有白血病的女儿怀孕了，她陷入了困难的抉择——她该帮女儿接生吗？
MAGDALENA follows the life of a traditional midwife as she struggles to care for her only daughter Margie who is afflicted with leukemia. Unsatisfied by the care provided by hospitals and modern medicine, Magdalena turns to faith healers and unorthodox religious practices. But now that Margie is pregnant, can Magdalena put her faith back on modern medicine and entrust her daughter to the care of doctors?
