In case you missed it last time…
The details: The Birth Lounge and Sweet Home Birth are pleased to present a special screening of the Abby Epstien/Ricki Lake documentary, THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN. The screening will be followed by a question and answer period about the issues the film raises with a panel that includes a family practice physician, a registered midwife and a birth doula. All proceeds of the screening will go to SMILE, a non-profit organization that gives prenatal care to young mothers.
In 2001, actress Ricki Lake gave birth to her second child on her own terms, in her home bathtub, and the experience was so unexpectedly empowering and life-changing that she felt every woman should know what they could be missing out on. She approached filmmaker Abby Epstein to collaborate on a film that would examine birth culture in America. THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN is that film.
Peppered with actual footage of women giving birth, Epstein also conducts interviews with a number of obstetricians, experts and advocates about the history, culture and economics of childbirth. The film’s fundamental question: should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potential medical emergency?
As Epstein uncovers some surprising answers, her own pregnancy adds a very personal dimension to THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN, a must-see movie for anyone who is pregnant, or even thinking about having a baby!
THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN screens on Sunday, April 6, at 1pm at the Rio Theatre (1660 E Broadway at Commercial). Tickets are $10 each and are available at the door. For more information, please visit thebusinessofbeingborn or thebirthlounge.
