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COLETTE’S PLACENTA 2 1/2 minutes
Super 8
1998, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Shown at Home Movie Day: Durham, North Carolina
Source: Andrea DeGette  Synopsis:
Colette Lara Cambey, her parents and her grandmother participate in the burial of her placenta on her first birthday.
Historical Background:
Andrea DeGette is a filmmaker based in Hillsborogh, North Carolina. Her biography and artist statement can be found here.
"The reason for the placenta burial is because I keep everything, (I was really upset when the cat ate the stump of her umbilical cord that I was saving in a little origami box)...I wanted to have a link from the earth to her birth for all organic reasons. Plus that made me feel a tie to my own mother and grandmother. And the pompass grass was my husband's choice. I am not sure of why, though he likes things that are tall."
--Andrea DeGette
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