Mama Icha returns home to Colombia, finding heartbreak and joy after decades in the US.

La Casa de Mama Icha POV

Premiered October 18, 2021
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La Casa de Mama Icha

Decades earlier, Mama Icha moved to the United States to help her daughter with the care of her grandchildren. However, she never lost sight of her hometown of Mompox, spending years sending money to build her dream house there. Now, at the end of her life, Mama Icha boards a plane and flies back to Colombia where she finds joy and heartbreak in her return to the place her heart never left.

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