There’s a new movie coming to a cinema near you, about breasts. Or more specifically, about breast milk.
American actress and producer Ricki Lake has made a new documentary about breastmilk – and if you ask us, it’s kind of refreshing to see breasts featured so prominently in a movie, without being reduced to tools of titillation.
The film covers the discussion about breastfeeding and bottle-feeding, but it doesn’t turn it into a debate where bottle feeding is pitted against breastfeeding. Instead, the film just talks to its interview subjects, and lets them express their opinions about wet nurses, work-place pumping, gay parents, and everything in-between.
Just have a look at the trailer.
Lake told People magazine, “There are so many forces in our culture that make breastfeeding a huge challenge – not the least of which is a bizarre public anxiety around exposed breasts!”
She also made it clear that the film wasn’t trying to convey a ‘breast is best’ message. Lake explains it’s not a “a pro-breastfeeding manifesto, but more of a keenly-observed examination of the obstacles so many mothers face when attempting to nurse their babies.”
“People want a clear message that is easily digested and the beauty of this film is that it shows the messy reality of the situation without pushing an agenda.”