Movie Description
Freedom For Birth
(2012)Overview
A documentary that re-frames Human Rights issues as the most pressing issue in childbirth today; calling for radical change to the world's maternity systems - this is the Mothers' Revolution. In many countries around the world, women are being denied the most basic human right of autonomy over their own bodies. They cannot choose how and where to give birth. Those that persist in their desire to have a normal, physiological birth are sometimes forced by judges to surrender to surgery or threatened with having their babies taken away by child welfare services. In many countries, if a woman wants to have a home birth supported by a midwife, those midwives face criminal prosecution. Some midwives, like Ágnes Geréb in Hungary, are even imprisoned. FREEDOM FOR BIRTH calls for radical reform to the world’s maternity systems so that these Human Rights violations stop and women are afforded real choice as to how and where they give birth.
Featured Crew
- Director : Toni Harman,Alex Wakeford
- Writer : Toni Harman,Alex Wakeford
- Cast : Sheila Kitzinger,Ina May Gaskin,Michel Odent,Ágnes Geréb,Anna Ternovsky
Cast
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Facts
Original TitleFreedom For Birth
Status Released
Release Information
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2012-09-20
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 58m
Homepagehttp://www.freedomforbirth.com/
Production CompaniesAlto Film Production
Genres
- Documentary