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Women from widely different cultures speak out about giving birth, and about the traumas they have experienced when the birth does not go as expected.
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IMDB 5.3 | Dec , 2003
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2008
IMDB 5 | Jan , 2020
IMDB 5.8 | May , 2018
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 2007
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 2018
IMDB 10 | Mar , 2023
IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 2008
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2007
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2011
IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 1998
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 2023
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2017
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 2017
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1998
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1989
IMDB 9 | Feb , 2024
IMDB 0 | May , 2025
IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 1953
IMDB 5 | Dec , 1968
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Bodysong
The Business of Being Born
maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
The Birth Reborn 2
Le Premier Cri
To Our Daughter
Sages et rebelles
Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret
Motherland Afghanistan
More Business of Being Born
A Midwife's Tale
Waiting Time
Motherland
1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone
Born In Summer
The High Song
Born at Home
Dream of Storks
All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story
Birth and Death
SIMILAR MOVIES
Bodysong
IMDB 5.3 | Dec , 2003
Documentary footage from various sources, set to music. Showing the whole of human life, from birth to death and beyond.The Business of Being Born
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2008
Birth: 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 Americamaɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
IMDB 5 | Jan , 2020
An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, following two people as they navigate their own relationships to the spirit world and a place in between life and death.The Birth Reborn 2
IMDB 5.8 | May , 2018
Featuring experts in their fields and raw and moving footage, this documentary makes a case for increased autonomy in women's choices for childbirth.Le Premier Cri
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 2007
Documentary about births around the different cultures and regions of the world.To Our Daughter
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 2018
Kylie Jenner documents her pregnancy and birth of her daughter.Sages et rebelles
IMDB 10 | Mar , 2023
A look at the daily life of midwives across Quebec.Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret
IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 2008
Enter 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.Motherland Afghanistan
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2007
Afghani-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi shadows her father, a women's health specialist working to rebuild hospitals in war-torn Afghanistan, in this thought-provoking documentary filmed in the wake of the United States' invasion of the region. In a country where one in seven women dies during childbirth, many women are willing to travel for days to receive adequate care from a trained professional.More Business of Being Born
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2011
Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Filmmaker Abby Epstein follow their landmark documentary,'The Business of Being Born', with an all-new, four part DVD series that continues their provocative and entertaining exploration of the modern maternity care system. Exploration of the maternity care system, including birthing options and celebrity birth stories.A Midwife's Tale
IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 1998
To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.Waiting Time
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 2023
Under the shade of a Magnolia tree, a group of pregnant women gathers weekly. Among them is Teresa, an experienced midwife who listens to them attentively. Sitting in a circle, the women reflect on the impending birth of their children and their own emerging roles as mothers.Motherland
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2017
The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. There, poor women face devastating consequences as their country struggles with reproductive health policy and the politics of conservative Catholic ideologies.1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 2017
On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantly on public networks. The impetus for this invention was the birth of Kahn's daughter, when he jerry-rigged a mobile phone with a digital camera and sent photos in real time. In 2016 Time Magazine included Kahn's first camera phone photo in their list of the 100 most influential photos of all time.Born In Summer
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1998
A filmmaker plays with diary-docu and fiction as his camera joins his ventures into a phone dating club. Bored to death, hormones running, and desperately wanting to talk to someone his own age (preferably a girl), he walks into a local phone dating club. Can he hook up with someone? Borrowing the form of a diary-movie, the director unfurls an unpredictable and imaginative look into his own persona. 8mm experimental film by Murakami Kenji, the film that made his name.The High Song
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1989
The painful exit of a child of man in the world of God. The highest sense of being and the earthly joy of man and woman.Born at Home
IMDB 9 | Feb , 2024
The Born at Home documentary explores and uncovers the empowering journey of homebirth, shedding light on the often overlooked and misunderstood option that has transformed lives. Born at Home dives into real stories of women navigating birth trauma and examines how a shift in environment and informed choices can reshape the birthing experience. Wisdom is shared from homebirth families, interwoven with evidence-based information from midwives, medical professionals, doulas, researchers and maternity advocates.Dream of Storks
IMDB 0 | May , 2025
Based on her own experience, which she extends through the testimonies of other infertile people, director Élodie Lélu shows how Medically Assisted Procreation modifies the relationship to the body and to the imaginary.All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story
IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 1953
George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.Birth and Death
IMDB 5 | Dec , 1968
This cinema-verite-style documentary interweaves the pregnancy and childbirth of a young woman with the lingering death of a cancer patient to comment on the celebration and tragedy of existence. The tenderness and intimacy of the young couple, and the mystery of birth are contrasted with the dignity of a man who faces his death without deception.