Breastmilk

Name: Breastmilk
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: May 7, 2014
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 59

2014

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Cavu Pictures | Release Date: May 7, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: With unexpected humor, with an unflinching camera, with some guilt and some pain, this film takes the unusual risk of examining what breast milk truly means. We are often told that breast milk is better. Better for babies, better for mothers, better for nutrition, health, well-being, and society. Many accept this and yet there are stillWith unexpected humor, with an unflinching camera, with some guilt and some pain, this film takes the unusual risk of examining what breast milk truly means. We are often told that breast milk is better. Better for babies, better for mothers, better for nutrition, health, well-being, and society. Many accept this and yet there are still very few women who succeed in breastfeeding exclusively for the recommended six months and beyond. What would it take to change?… Expand

Director: Dana Ben-Ari

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Diana Clarke

May 6, 2014

Ben-Ari elegantly conveys the crippling social pressures that arise when a woman suggests that she might be allowed agency over her own body and that of her child, without adding any words of her own. Read full review

Sheri Linden

May 15, 2014

Audiences will find themselves face to face with their own prejudices, assumptions and, perhaps, squeamishness. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

May 6, 2014

Empathetic and nosy, Ms. Ben-Ari is no unequivocal cheerleader for breast over bottle: If anything, her subjects’ time-consuming struggles and evident exhaustion could put a damper on the natural-feeding plans of the most sanguine new parent. Yet the film isn’t a downer. Read full review

Justin Chang

May 13, 2014

Ben-Ari seems just as invested, if not more so, in the social and psychological obstacles that can make breastfeeding problematic, and she explores them with impressive rigor, sensitivity and a refreshing lack of judgment, listening intently while prescribing little. Read full review

Geoff Pevere

Jul 31, 2014

There could be a fascinating and illuminating movie in this. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

May 7, 2014

A mid-film montage of nipples squirting milk high into the air like the Bellagio fountains shows Ben-Ari has a sense of style and humor, but her general approach is tediously earnest, resulting in a documentary with such niche appeal (just parents with breastfeeding problems, basically) that it belongs on a library’s self-help shelf. Read full review

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