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Marie
 Directed by Sam Abbas

Written by Sam Abbas

Produced by Sam Abbas

Tatiana Bears

Nicole Townsend

Cinematography Soledad Rodriguez

Edited by Sam Abbas

Release date  August 10, 2020 (IGTV)

Running time 6 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Marie is a 2020 short documentary film directed by Sam Abbas about labor during
homebirths. The film was originally scheduled for an April 2020 theatrical window for
Academy consideration; however, it premiered exclusively on IGTV August 10, 2020
due to the COVID cancellation of all theaters in New York City.[1] Based on the 93rd
Academy Awards' new rules to offset the COVID interruptions, Marie was eligible and
running for a nomination.[2]
Plot[edit]
An observation of labor during a home-birth.[3]
Subjects[edit]
 Marie Brewer (Mother)
 Daniel Bauer (Father)
 Takiya S. Ballard (Midwife)
Filming[edit]
Abbas stated during a Columbia Global Centers panel that part of what he was going to
be working on is a short documentary focusing only on labor during a homebirth making
it very different from Alia's Birth where he shows the delivery of a baby during a home-
birth. Both projects where shot at the same time and with the same crew. [4][5]
Reception[edit]
Alan Ng of Film Threat gave the film a 7 out of 10 and wrote, "If anything, Marie is an
experience, a very real experience of the moments before life begins."[6]
Chris Buick of the London-based UK Film Review, in their positive review, wrote,
"Ultimately what Abbas wants to do is make us vicariously feel, if only an infinitesimal
amount, some of what Marie feels. Abbas really tries to get across the ebbs and flows of
the labour process, the uncensored discomfort, endurance and stamina involved with
any birth, let alone one stretched out over two-and-a-half days, something very rarely
depicted so vehemently in cinema."[7]
References[edit]
1. ^ "Marie an observation of labor during a home-birth". FILM-NEWS.CO.UK. Retrieved 2020-
10-13.
2. ^ "Email leak from producer to filmmaker". Retrieved 2020-10-13.
3. ^ "MARIE - SYNOPSIS". Retrieved 2020-10-13.
4. ^ "The (R)evolution of Arab Queer Cinema: Queer Representation in Film Pre- and Post-Arab
Uprisings". Columbia Global Centers. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
5. ^ "(Watch) The (R)evolution of Arab Queer Cinema: Queer Representation in Film Pre- and
Post-Arab Uprisings". Columbia Global Centers. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
6. ^ "Marie Review". Film Threat. 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
7. ^ "Marie Short Film Review". The London UK Film Review. Retrieved 2020-10-13.

External links[edit]
 Marie at IMDb
 Profile on Mubi (streaming service)
 MARIE onIGTV
 Marie (2020) by Sam Abbas onVimeo
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 American short documentary films
 2020s English-language films
 2020s American films
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