Hi Mei: You might check out the work of Sasha Waters-Freyer, particularly *The Waiting Time *and *Her Heart is Washed in Water than Weighed*. Both pieces are decidedly meditations on motherhood and tread the line between experimental and non-fiction film. I'm unaware of the distribution situation, but you might contact Sasha directly via email ( [log in to unmask]) Best of luck David Oscar Harvey PhD Candidate University of Iowa Dept of Cinema & Comp Lit On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Margaret R. Daniel <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Check the "Motherhood" subject list at Women Make Movies: < > http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/subjects/sub74.shtml> > > Experimental video/filmmaker and now television writer/producer (Cold Case) > Veena (Cabreros) Sud made one of the best pieces I've ever seen on the > complexities of single motherhood, in this case her own experience as the > mother of a young son, the short /Stretchmarks/ (1996)--partially > responsible for her Rockefeller Media Arts award. It used to be distributed > by Third World Newsreel and Women Make Movies, but is not currently listed > in either of their catalogues. Check : < > http://mediaartists.org/content.php?sec=artist&sub=detail&artist_id=211> > or <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0127894/> > > If you can track it down, it's definitely worth seeing. > > Best, > MR > > Feng-Mei Heberer wrote: > >> Dear all! >> >> I am currently searching - in the context of my dissertation project - for >> films that deal with the maternal body. Whereas I encountered several >> avantgarde films that, often made by men, deal with the pregnant body and >> childbirth, I'd be more interested in autobiographic forms of film and video >> where the filmmaker herself thematizes her maternal body (not exclusively >> the pregnant body); especially in works from the last 2 decades. >> >> I would be very thankful for any hints! >> >> Mei >> >> >> > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu > ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu