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| Director: | Stan Brakhage | 
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 02, 1959 | 
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| Director: | Stan Brakhage | 
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| Genres: | Documentary | 
| Keywords | home movie footage | 
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| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Jane Wodening | Self (uncredited) | 
| Myrrena Brakhage | Self (Baby Being Born) (uncredited) | 
| Stan Brakhage | Self (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Stan Brakhage | Director of Photography, Director, Editor | 
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