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Trailer Watch: Breastmilk Doc Explores the Many Different Ways to Be a Parent and Nourish

After delving into the dangers of contemporary American motherhood in the documentary The Business of Being Born, producer Ricki Lake is back with another parenting-related feature.

Directed by Dana Ben-Ari, Breastmilk looks much warmer and more celebratory than its predecessor. The documentary follows several families, including those with gay parents and mothers unable to produce milk, to explore the rewards and anxieties of breastfeeding.

Lake is currently working on a new doc about the dangers of hormonal birth control called Sweetening the Pill.

Breastmilk opens May 7 in New York, May 16 in LA, and will expand across the summer.

As a side note, if you’re interested in reading about breasts from an all-encompassing (medical, scientific, anthropological, and aesthetic) perspective, I highly recommend Florence Williams’ Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History.


Watch: “Rogue One” Clips Tease More of the Latest “Star Wars” Heroine

In anticipation of the arrival of our next “Star Wars” heroine, some new clips and featurettes from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” have been released. Hitting theaters on December 16,...

Watch: A Female Comedian’s Looks Are Torn Apart by “The Focus Group”

Comedian Sara Benincasa has dreamed up hilarious and horrifying nightmare fodder. Imagine having your style and body mercilessly evaluated by a focus group while in a state of undress. Now witness...

Trailer Watch: The King and the President Cross Paths in Liza Johnson’s ‘Elvis & Nixon’

It takes a lot of chutzpah to send the President of the United States a letter that reads, “I can and will do more good if I am made a Federal Agent at large” — especially when such a...

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