A parable, within a coming of age story, within the telling of the tale, "a quiet conïtrivïance" is a dance film illustration of what the female identified condition is like from the inside. With a multi-generational cast of southern women, I tell a tale of women's work and the toll it takes. In literary terms, a contrivance is something that causes things to happen in a story, in a way that does not seem natural or believable. It can also be used as a machine or piece of equipment made with skill and cleverness or an artificial arrangement/development. I am looking at how these definitions apply to the idea of ìwomen's work,î human created, artificial arrangement or fabricated construct. In a novel, the level of female multitasking and the mountain of daily responsibility would seem implausible... but it is simply the reality of women.? ? The plot twist was planted in history and it's taken for granted that the governing of these responsibilities still lies in the hands of modern women.