Isabella Rossellini in paper animal costumes will ruin everything you thought you knew about motherhood.
3 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
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Isabella Rossellini is convinced that, in the maternal animal world, anything goes. 'Mammas,' a series of short videos, has Rossellini playing the role of nine different animals to show the viewer that some mothers lie, are polygamous, and walk out on their animal children all the time.
Acting
Rossellini commits to paper ears like it's Shakespeare.
Production
DIY costumes that cost $12 and changed my worldview.
Creator
Isabella Rossellini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rossellini wrote, directed, and performed all roles after a midlife career pivot from Lancôme model to amateur biologist.
The series quietly dismantles the 'natural' argument used against working mothers by showing nature's actual maternal diversity.
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