Director Maxine Trump’s heartfelt documentary explores the pressures and prejudices facing women who do not want to be mothers
British-born, New York-based film-maker Maxine Trump puts herself front and centre for this honest, heartfelt documentary about her own and other women’s decision to not have children. While no one should ever have to defend such a personal choice, Trump lays out just how she got there.
She’s not anti-child and takes delight in other people’s children, especially her nephews and nieces. Partly, what concerns her is the environmental impact of overpopulation. But she and many other women are also increasingly coming to see this as an identity in its own right; one in opposition to the natalist, reproduction-boosting society we accept as the norm. They even have their own conferences, websites and boozy meet-ups.
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