14/04/2021
🌟🌟🌟AMAZING🌟🌟🌟
Doesn’t even come close. I have been following the journey of Birth Time for the past couple of years and finally took the time to go see it tonight.
If we stand together collectively we CAN make this change.
We would like to properly introduce you all to our official poster.⠀
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We could try and explain the process of how we landed with this incredible piece of art as our poster, but let’s just say that when we realised this was it, we just knew. ⠀
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On the contrary, when we showed our idea to several industry professionals, their feedback was that it doesn’t ‘look’ like a true movie poster. That made us all the more resolved to use it. ⠀
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This water colour painting is the beautiful work of Yumi Takahashi- if you’ve been following us for any period of time you will know that Yumi is one of the women we follow in our documentary. We interviewed Yumi several times throughout her journey of bringing her second baby into the world. She had a lot to process throughout this pregnancy, and like many an artist, explored the depths of her thoughts and feelings through her paint brush in a prolific manner. ⠀
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This piece of work, along with a sister piece, were exhibited at the Ravenswood Art Prize and the Mosman Art Prize, and the two artworks are now proudly owned by members of the Birth Time team. ⠀
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Something else we would like to proudly point out is the little M on the bottom right of the poster. Our official classification has come back as an M- which we are thrilled with given that we have splendidly naked women birthing babies out of their splendidly naked bodies in our film- something we have been called ‘brave’ for showing. Interesting, really. Regardless, we are very happy this didn’t bump us into a higher rating, therefore excluding an important demographic of viewers- late teens. ⠀
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Supporting local artists is one of our pledges at Birth Time, and we could not be happier to have this exquisite piece of art representing our film. Thank you, Yumi, for all of your involvement in this journey, not least of all for this incredible contribution. ⠀
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Love,⠀
Jerusha, Jo, Zoe and Selina x
Yumi Takahashi Jerusha Sutton Doula • Photographer Midwife Jo Kaftan Mama Selina Scoble OLY
