A Groundbreaking Documentary Birth As We Know It (2006 film, 73 minutes), directed and produced by Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova, is a stunningly beautiful film about natural births. It delivers a powerful transmission of what it really takes to give birth gracefully. Since its release in 2006, wit...

Filmmaker Paula James Martinez travels across the United States to understand what makes it the most dangerous and expensive nation to give birth in. From heartbreaking personal stories and harrowing facts to perspectives of experts both in the medical and legal fields, BORN FREE: BIRTH IN AMERIC...

Every six minutes a woman dies during childbirth. Using animation, documentary and the filmmaker’s voice, “More Than Blood” addresses post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) - the main cause leading to this tragic reality in low-income countries - and what an extraordinary man and his team are doing to red...

Midwife follows Minnesota home birth midwife during her first year as a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). The documentary quietly shows the life of a home birth midwife, from prenatals, to births, to postpartums, while also examining what the birth environment looks like in states where home ...

The Face of Birth gives us a 'big picture' look at the importance of respecting and protecting a woman's right to choose how, where and with whom she gives birth. A must-see film for anyone interested in empowering women in childbirth, it will encourage and inspire all who have been (or are about...

How to give birth? Under water or on the dry land? In the hospital or at home? Standing up or lying down? Will routine or free will ultimately come out on top?
A humorous documentary examines how contemporary women relate to childbirth and what options they have to choose between in making their ...

Meet three birth caregivers—an obstetrician, a nurse-midwife, and a licensed homebirth midwife—each with a dramatically different idea about what constitutes best care for birthing women. Learn how they see their work and what factors—medical, legal, and cultural—influence women's choices in the ...

'Trial of Labor' follows a small group of pregnant women and their journeys back to trusting themselves and their bodies after previous births ended in unplanned surgery. Each woman has chosen to plan a vaginal birth after Cesarean, and the uncertainty of their imminent births evokes in each a pe...

In "Super Scar," writer/actor/animator Lauren Aboulafia shares her real-life traumatic birth experience with humor and humanity. After giving birth three months early, she struggled to stay sane amidst the madness of the NICU. In telling her story, Lauren learns to be grateful for all the goodnes...

The untold story of women experiencing Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG), a terrible pregnancy sickness that affects 3 million women leading to thousands of abortions of wanted children and 9 months of hell. HG campaigner Charlotte Howden challenges the medical profession and explores women's politics,...

Infertility has never been revealed in a film like this before. Shot first person and told from the participants themselves, this is an unflinching look at the hope, loss, and humor that come from trying to start a family when you can’t do it the old fashioned way.

The prevalent belief in modern society is that women cannot give birth on their own; that they are not mentally, psychologically, or physically strong enough. The time has come to deconstruct this story.

These Are My Hours is a raw display of female intensity. It shows birth as mother-centric an...

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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 Epste...

Beautiful Birth's fresh and unique take on this subject, touches upon pregnancy and childbirth in a way that we haven't seen done before. Instead of telling you what is best for you, this film provides information so that you can decide what is best for you. Beautiful Births covers a variety of s...

Prenatal Memory is a film by Dr. Akira Ikegawa that explores the idea of memories being formed and retained during fetal development in the womb. The film suggests that experiences and stimuli a fetus is exposed to in utero can have a lasting impact on the individual's later life. The film discus...

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.

Still Loved explores the complexity and reality for families surviving baby loss. Giving an unexpected voice to bereaved fathers, who speak candidly for the first time providing an additional perspective to that offered by mothers, grandparents and siblings. This is a brave, inclusive and ultimat...

Conscious Conception: An Empowered Pregnancy + Birthing Story documents the journey to motherhood for Dr. Laura Brayton, perinatal chiropractor and creator of Brayton Birth Method. In 2017, Dr. Brayton conceived and brought her son, Finley, into the world utilizing her own method to create an em...

Milk Factory takes us behind the scenes in a lactation suite at U.S. House of Representatives, created by Nancy Pelosi in 2007, where women from different parties connect, a rare opportunity in an era of intense divisiveness when cooperation is key to legislation benefiting families. The United S...

From executive producers Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein (The Business of Being Born), this topical new documentary, directed by Brigid Maher, examines a growing shift in the birthing industry: the rise of Caesarean sections. With C-section rates dangerously over 30% in America, are midwives the solu...

Pregnant bodies are easy for society to accommodate. What follows birth is a different, messier story. With a wide range of frank, revealing and often hilarious interviews, this documentary follows the lives of breastfeeding women from all walks of life and the experts who guide them through this...