
A documentary is a great medium that can be used to reflect some interesting aspects of many lives in reality. The director Anne Catherine Hundhausen who is a former graduate of Hunter College, brings her latest documentary called Single Choice: Many lives. This brilliant film tells the director’s search for an answer on becoming a single mother by undergoing procedure called donor insemination. Ann Catherine is sets out on a journey to interview some women who have had (or having) children via donor insemination. She also meets people who are the creations of this procedure. The film explores either side of the main subject: pro or con, advantages or disadvantages. The director herself is in her mid thirty woman who have experienced many monogamous relationships with men and failed to have a family with any one of them. She, like many other women out there, is tired of being in a relationship and getting married. Therefore, becoming a single mom is an option for her. Because, all women want to be mothers which can be the most precious thing to do as a woman. The more they wait, the less chance they will have become pregnant due to fecundity which is likely reduced as women are getting old. The topic also concerns about women’s anxieties of getting old without having any family in our society. However, Ann Catherine gives the audience (especially women) a chance to examine our role or true identity of being a women, with her insightful and easy to grasp work of art.
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