
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
2011-06-10 · 73 min · ★ 5.6
Sarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend's pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in what's being ultra-sounded. When her sister lures her to L.A. for what ends up being a terrorizing baby shower, Sarah keeps her rental van and hits the road in search of the source of her anxiety: her estranged mother, now living off the grid. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts takes a comical, yet poignant look at one woman's coming-of-parenthood in the age of technology.
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- Annie J. Howell, Lisa Robinson
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Anna Margaret HollymanSarah Sparks
André HollandLeon
Sarah RaffertyEmily
Susan Kelechi WatsonTowie
Mary Beth PeilMarjorie
Timothy McCrackenGeorge
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