Pregnant in America
February 13th, 2009Pregnant in America examines the betrayal of humanity’s greatest gift–birth–by the greed of U.S. corporations. Hospitals, insurance companies and other members of the healthcare industry have all pushed aside the best care of our infants and mothers to play the power game of raking in huge profits.
His wife pregnant, first-time filmmaker Steve Buonaugurio set out to create a film that will expose the underside of the U.S. childbirth industry and help end its neglectful exploitation of pregnancy and birth with help from producers Betsy Chasse and Straw Weisman.
Home Birthing Discussion (Video)
February 12th, 2009A discussion on the topic of Home Birthing and licensing midwives in North Carolina and other U.S. states with Russ Fawcett and Jennifer Block.
Birth Matters Virginia announces a birth video contest
February 11th, 2009As a step toward our goal of educating women about their choices and options, we are soliciting short videos about evidence-based maternity and delivery care. We want videos that will appeal to and inspire new audiences that may not have previously been exposed to any model of childbirth other than the version we see on television and in movies: dangerous, uncertain, excruciating, and usually in need of extensive and often emergency medical interventions. Birth doesn’t have to be this scary, and people need good information in order to make good choices.
We are thrilled to announce guest judges:
Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, acclaimed producers of The Business of Being Born.
Sarah Buckley, M.D., international birth expert and author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering.
The first-place winner will receive a cash prize of $1000. Second place: $500 and Honorable Mention: $100.
Deadline for Entry is 11:59pm on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2009
Home Birth No. 1: Introduction to a Midwife
February 10th, 2009Licensed midwife Aleksandra Evanguelidi (www.SacredEntrance.com) shares what inspired her to become a midwife, what a midwife does, and why she loves being one. 1 of 7 interviews.
Salma Hayek on ‘Mothers Working Together’
February 9th, 2009When actress and producer Salma Hayek arrived in Sierra Leone in September, she was not whisked off to a movie set. She was there not as a celebrity, but as a humanitarian, to see firsthand a leading cause of death in the developing world: tetanus. “Nightline” co-anchor Cynthia McFadden went along to document the journey.