'Mother': The precious short film that shows that a single mother cannot with everything

Motherhood has been hidden in a drawer for many years and that is why we are surprised that it is the main theme of an animated short. 'Mother' is a beautiful short film that shows that a single mother cannot with everything, despite the fact that society insists on making us believe otherwise, in a crossroads of discourses and norms that are the most contrary, which leads mothers (and fathers, of rebounding) to a strange and ambiguous sensation.

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Motherhood has been hidden in a drawer for many years, always explained as something precious to which one must aspire, something that everyone should live (hence much of the misunderstanding towards couples who do not want to have children), and some what few people dare to complain because, although it is something that can be exhausting, it seems frowned upon to mention it.

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Badly seen, because it is considered something wonderful and "do not complain that they have all been mothers", but at the same time it is a hidden motherhood because the system pushes you to leave your baby with only 4 months, not to breastfeed in public and to leave him immediately to the care of other people because you, woman, have to perform through your profession.

So much pressure to be a mother to be told later not to complain and to be a super woman, worker and mother, at a time when the mother alone cannot with everything. That is why it has come to our attention that a short film has been dedicated to talk about it. A short film made by a group of film students from Sheridan College (Oakville, Canada), which has been nominated for the Annie Awards in the Best Student Film category. A short film in which a mother comes to collapse in one of many moments when you would like to divide yourself to be able to reach everything, and in the face of impossibility you will collapse.

A mother alone cannot with everything, so we may have to start shouting at society that mothers (and fathers) need more social support, more help, or at least more understanding and better reconciliation.