"The best film on birth in America" - New Chaptered DVD

Broadcast on PBS' Independent Lens series, BORN IN THE USA is the groundbreaking and award-winning documentary that follows an obstetrician, a nurse-midwife, and a licensed homebirth midwife as they work---each with a dramatically different idea about what is best for birthing women. Their stories shed light on the medical, legal, and cultural factors influencing women's choices in the birthing room today.


- "The best film on birth in America." -Marsden Wagner, Former Director of Maternal and Child Health at the World Health Organization

- Featured on the Oxygen Network and in Self and Fit Pregnancy.

- Free online resources include a BORN IN THE USA Viewing Guide.

BORN IN THE USA

A film by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider

60 minutes. Now Chaptered on DVD!

To view a segment from the film, for more information, or to order click here: http://patchworksfilms.net/films/born_usa.html

BORN IN THE USA is especially recommended for these fields:

Women's Studies
American Studies
Family Studies
Women's Health
Medicine
Sociology
Nursing
OB/GYN
Public Health
Film/Media/TV
Gender Studies
Cultural Anthropology
Osteopathic Medicine
Health Care Administration
Allied Health
Complementary Medicine
Alternative Medicine
Kinesiology
Biology
Careers
Consumer Health and others...

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"Captures the complexity of birth and clearly points out the involvement of today's women in the process. " -Library Journal

"With consummate skill, the makers of this thought-provoking and compelling documentary explore how beliefs about childbirth translate into care and care into consequences, a subject of no small importance. Bravo for tackling a complex and controversial subject in a way that produces much light and no heat." -Henci Goer, author of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth and Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities

"Beautifully produced, well balanced, and comprehensive in its portrayal of contemporary childbirth in America." -Richard Feinbloom, M.D., Former Director, The Family Health Care Program, Harvard Medical School

"Outstanding." -Robbie Davis Floyd, Medical/Cultural Anthropologist, author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage

"...traces the birthing industry in America and explores the shifting social and cultural beliefs about women, technology and the perceived ability to control natural events." -New York Times

Click here for more information or to order: http://patchworksfilms.net/films/born_usa.html

"The best film on birth in America" - New Chaptered DVD