Window Water Baby Moving

IMDb 6.9 1959 • 13 min • Documentary

Director

Stan Brakhage

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Jane Wodening
Jane Wodening Self (uncredited)
Myrrena Brakhage
Myrrena Brakhage Self (Baby Being Born) (uncredited)
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage Self (uncredited)