Water Motor depicts the eponymous choreography by American dancer Trisha Brown performing this work twice, with one take at regular speed and the other in slow motion.
Babette Mangolte is an iconic figure of international experimental film. Her initial interest was in performance, particularly documenting the art, dance, and theater scenes of the 1970s (especially in New York). Choreographer Yvonne Rainer called Water Motor “one of the best dance films ever made.”