BEARING

bear (verb): 1. (of a person) carry; 2. support; carry the weight of; 3. endure (an ordeal or difficulty); 4. Give birth to (a child).

bearing (noun): 1. the direction or position of something, or the direction of movement, relative to a fixed point; 2. awareness of one’s position relative to one’s surroundings.

The intense frustrations, heartache and joy of everyday motherhood are candidly conveyed in this film using intimate observational vignettes, giving a frank and raw account of the filmmaker’s life as a new mum over the first five years of her daughter’s life.

EXHIBITION:
Stills photography. Create Coffee, Sheffield. Nov-Jan 2018/19.

SCREENINGS:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Sea Change Film Festival, 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION – RAI Film Festival, 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Film Geographies, New York City 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION – ETHNOFEST, Athens 2021
OFFICIAL SELECTION – International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) Film Program. University of Helsinki, Finland 2021