CinemaOSMovie · 2013 · 1h 35m

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives

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Birth 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.

Directed bySara Lamm, Mary Wigmore

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Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
EN
Released
January 18, 2013
Studios
Ghost Robot

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Ina May Gaskin

Ina May Gaskin

Ina May Gaskin

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Sara Lamm
Sara Lamm
Mary Wigmore

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