On a winter's day, a woman stretches near a window then sits in a bathtub of water. She's happy. Her lover is nearby; there are close ups of her face, her pregnant belly, and his hands caressing her. She gives birth: we see the crowning of the baby's head, then the birth itself; we watch a pair of hands tie off and cut the umbilical cord. With the help of the attending hands, the mother expels the placenta. The infant, a baby girl, nurses. We return from time to time to the bath scene. By the end, dad's excited; mother and daughter rest. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Jane Wodening, Myrrena Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Crew: Stan Brakhage (Director), Stan Brakhage (Director of Photography), Stan Brakhage (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
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Runtime: 13 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 02, 1959
IMDb: 4.1
Keywords:home movie footage, preserved film
