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Cinema of Crushing Motherhood Josef Sykora and a discussion of theBreaking down recent films about the dark side of motherhood Twenty first century contemporary films like Emily Atef's Das Fremde in mir and Savannah Leaf's Earth Mama portray motherhood as a source of regret, exhaustion, rage, shame, guilt, and disgust. Olivia Landry analyzes this new feminist cinema and the ways it embraces and explores the crushing burden of mothering children. Landry surveys films released in North America, Europe, and Australia