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- DirectorDebra Pascali-BonaroStarsMary JacksonEnter the world of undisturbed birth as 11 couples share their intimate personal journeys, facing their fears and moving through pain into the ecstasy of birth. Orgasmic Birth poses the ultimate challenge to our cultural myths.
- DirectorToni HarmanAlex WakefordStarsAleeca BellMartin BlaserSue CarterWinner of Grand Prix Award at 2014 Life Sciences Film Festival. A documentary on the latest research on the origins of the microbiome; how microscopic events during childbirth have lifelong consequences for the health of our children.
- DirectorKathleen Man GyllenhaalScientists converge to prove we're not what we think. New data explains why some face challenges from the start while others thrive. Prepare to be surprised, intrigued by what the future holds for you, your loved ones, and the human race.
- DirectorAbby EpsteinStarsMary Helen AyresJulia BarnettSylvie BlausteinBirth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity care system in America.
- DirectorGavin BanksKate GormanStarsAndrew BisitsJustine CainesVicki CarThe Face of Birth - a film about pregnancy, childbirth, and the power of choice. This documentary follows the diverse, heart-warming, and sometimes heart wrenching stories of a handful of mothers as they guide us through the plethora of information and opinions facing mothers-to-be when deciding how, where, and with whom to give birth to their babies.
- DirectorEduardo ChauvetStarsMelania AmorimRicardo ChavesRobbie Davis-FloydThe feature film ' The Birth Reborn' portrays the serious obstetric reality in the world, which is characterized by an alarming number of cesarean or deliveries with traumatic and unnecessary interventions, as opposed to what is known and recommended by science today. This situation has serious perinatal, psychological, social, anthropological and financial consequences. Through the reports of some of the leading experts in the area and the latest scientific discoveries, the film questions the current obstetric model, leads to a reflection on the new paradigm of the twenty-first century and the future of a civilization born without the so-called 'love hormones', released only under specific conditions of labor.
- DirectorGilles de MaistreStarsIsabella FerrariDocumentary about births around the different cultures and regions of the world.
- DirectorElena Tonetti-VladimirovaThis is a documentary film about natural birth, and what it takes to give birth consciously and gracefully. This film has spread to 58 countries by word of mouth and has received global recognition as the guide to Conscious birth. Now in the 6th edition the movie has been translated into 12 languages. In 2010 the film was added to the curriculum at the UN University for Peace and the International University of Monaco. In 2008 it became part of the mandatory curriculum of every medical school and University in Iran as one of only five foreign titles in their schools.
- DirectorStephanie PommezDeep in the Amazon jungle, the hospital is a long drive away and expectant mothers dread the long drive. Coming to their aid are specially trained midwives, many who have plied their craft their whole lives. The women of the villages trust these midwives, many of whom they have known their whole life, rather than trusting doctors they may have never met, in a faraway hospital. Because the Amazon basin is filled with strong superstitions the midwives' practice involves a mix of traditional customs and catholic beliefs. This stark documentary is filled with vivid images of the Amazon, personal portraits of its people, and intimate encounters with live births.
- DirectorJessicca MooreDr. Michelle Minikel thought home birth was crazy--until she got pregnant. Turns out she's not alone. Join director Jessicca Moore on a compelling journey of discovery about maternity care in the US through the lens of doctors and nurses who attend birth in the hospital, but choose to have their own children at home. Through a balance of personal stories and the latest research, "Why Not Home?" challenges viewers to move beyond polarization and judgment and question what is possible for the future of maternity care.
- DirectorRamona S. DiazTaking us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, the viewer is dropped like an unseen outsider into the hospital's stream of activity. At first, the people are strangers. As the film continues, it's absorbingly intimate, rendering the women at the heart of the story increasingly familiar.
- DirectorToni HarmanAlex WakefordStarsSheila KitzingerIna May GaskinMichel OdentA documentary that re-frames Human Rights issues as the most pressing issue in childbirth today; calling for radical change to the world's maternity systems - this is the Mothers' Revolution.
- DirectorSara LammMary WigmoreStarsIna May GaskinRebecca BrownHeather ChanBirth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives captures a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s hippie commune. Today as nearly one third of all US babies are born via C-section, they fight to protect their knowledge and to promote respectful, safe maternity practices all over the globe. From the backs of their technicolor school buses, these pioneers rescued American midwifery from extinction, changed the way a generation approached pregnancy, and filmed nearly everything they did. With unprecedented access to the midwives' archival video collection, as well as modern day footage of life at the alternative intentional community where they live, this documentary shows childbirth the way most people have never seen it--unadorned, unabashed, and awe-inspiring.
- DirectorScott KirschenbaumStarsEmily GrahamJason GrahamCarey GlennTHESE ARE MY HOURS is the story of a single birth -- start to finish. This intimate documentary immersion into one woman's physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual experience of giving birth is the first film told from the perspective of a woman in labor. Just after midnight on December 6, 2016, a contraction awakens Emily Graham, in bed at home in Greenville, South Carolina. Labor is finally here. Over the ensuing hours Emily navigates the depths of her own body, with the support of her birth team: her husband Jason, her midwife Carey, and her mother Judy. You are invited to join them and be a witness to Emily every step of the way - It is said, "When a child is born, a mother is born too." THESE ARE MY HOURS is the story of this transformation, celebrating womanhood by honoring its oldest ritual: giving birth.
- StarsHelen CastorCarol RawcliffeRoberta GilchristIn Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death, historian and author Dr. Helen Castor (She-Wolves: England's Early Queens) examines how the people of the Middle Ages handled three of life's great rites of passage birth, marriage, and death. Why were physicians of no help to women enduring the pains of labor and the dangers of childbirth? Why were newly married couples "put to bed" by the priest on their wedding night? What did it mean to "die well" and why was death such a communal affair, both before and after it happened?
- DirectorRebecca ArnoldA documentary following four pregnant women all making very different choices around their births, including Jo, who plans to deliver her baby completely alone.
- StarsJanelle MonáeJoy-Sarah VinkKristin MyersLabor pains. Delivery trauma. The miracle of childbirth is difficult under the best of circumstances. Why is it so tough, and how can it be made better?
- DirectorCatherine Béchard
- DirectorJon FitzgeraldStarsMichael Abou-DaknJennifer DavidsonMinnie DriverThe Milky Way is a documentary exposé about breastfeeding in the United States. It will make every viewer rethink how we treat mothers. The film will empower women to trust their body, their baby, and themselves in their unique journey.
- DirectorBrenda DavisOn the ground with maternal health care workers in Ethiopia, Cambodia and Haiti, where there are no white talking heads, no policy makers, no four-wheel drive vehicles and no blood banks.
- DirectorJo HunterZoe NaylorJerusha SuttonStarsZoe NaylorJo HunterAaron JefferyThree women embark on a mission to find out why an increasing number of women are emerging from their births physically and emotionally traumatised. Their discoveries expose the truth and lead them to join the birth revolution and forge a movement that hopes to change the face of maternity care in Australia and across the developed world.