One Night Only: Rhode Island Preview of the Acclaimed Documentary Film, BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN AND THE FARM MIDWIVES with post-screening special guest panel discussion on maternal health & the Premier Opening of NEW ENGLAND BORN – A Visual Sociological Examination by Lisa Gendron at Brown University.
"BIRTH STORY captures a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s hippie commune, rescued modern midwifery from extinction, and changed the way a generation thought about childbirth. Today, as nearly 1/3 of all U.S. babies are born via C-section, they labor on, fighting to preserve their knowledge and pushing, once again, for the rebirth of birth. With incredible access to the midwives’ archival video collection, the film not only captures the unique sisterhood at The Farm Clinic, but shows childbirth the way most people have never seen it--unadorned, unabashed, and awe-inspiring. BIRTH STORY premiered at the 2012 LA Film Festival and won the prestigious Audience Award."
The moderator Paige Eastman Dickinson, CMP, will be joining me to discuss hard birth issues for International Women's Day at http://womr.org
Photographer Lisa Gendron is a huge talent!
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