The Business of Being Born
The Business of Being Born | |
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Directed by | Abby Epstein |
Produced by |
Abby Epstein Paulo Netto Amy Slotnick Ricki Lake |
Music by |
Jason Moss (as Supersonic Music) Andre Pluess |
Cinematography | Paulo Netto |
Edited by | Madeleine Gavin |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Business of Being Born is a 2008 documentary film that explores the contemporary experience of childbirth in the United States. Produced by Ricki Lake, it compares various childbirth methods, including midwives, natural births, epidurals, and Cesarean sections.[1] The film criticizes the American health care system with its emphasis on medicines and costly interventions and its view of childbirth as a medical emergency rather than a natural occurrence.[2]
The film documents actual home births and water births. They follow a midwife, Cara, in New York as she takes care of and attends several births. They then give the audience several statistics about our current birthing techniques and challenges today's doctors. Many experts are interviewed and they cite a multitude of reasons for these, such as the overuse of medical procedures in the interest of saving time.
Cast
- Julia Barnett Tracy
- Louann Brizendine
- Michael L. Brodman
- Natashia Fuksman
DVD Release
The DVD was released in the US on May 6, 2008 and soon after an international version was released.
See also
- Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret
- Homebirth
- Waterbirth
- Midwife
- Doulas