Breaching Bounds: The Confronting Body in Miranda Nation's 'Undertow'

Undertow challenges taboo and film tradition in its portrayals of the troubled – and troubling – relationship between two women both touched by recent pregnancy. In conversation with writer/director Miranda Nation, Elizabeth Flux explores the transgressive depictions and dramatic narrative turns of this intense debut feature.

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motherhood, childbirth, postnatal depression, maternal, abject, body, visceral, miscarriage, patriarchy, misogyny.