Consequences of Female Migration in the documentary film 'Mama Illegal'

Abstract

The rate of female migration has increased noticeably in the last two decades. This new trend of “feminization of migration” requires a separate research which would take into consideration gender differences. On the basis of the documentary movie Mamma Illegal that tells a story of three women from the poor villages of Moldova, who migrated to Europe, the present article investigates the problem of female migration from Eastern Europe, focusing on the consequences of this migration to separated families.