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Moms-in-Film's Mathilde Dratwa & Christy Lamb – & Their #BudgetTheBaby Campaign

Mathilde Dratwa with Leon & Christy Lamb with Parker Jean Christy Lamb and Mathilde Dratwa are American filmmakers with a revolutionary idea: to #BudgetTheBaby. Their non-profit Moms-in-Film has  a beautiful and highly informative website, and  at this year's SXSW  they trialled their Wee Wagon concept, a service for filmmakers on set and at festivals. And there's lots more! And lots more coming soon! WW  What gave you courage to propose that every shoot should #BudgetTheBaby and how does the Wee Wagon fit into this? Mathilde We are both filmmakers and relatively new moms. When I had my baby, I wrote a blog post about how difficult it was to be both. The response to that blog post was really phenomenal, so I decided to meet in person with the other moms who were commenting on it – or at least, those that were in New York, which is where I'm based. That was exactly a year ago, during last year's Tribeca Film Festival. Luckily for me, Christ...