The Business of Being Born
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- Synopsis
- While the United States has perhaps the most advanced health care system in the world, it also has the second-highest infant mortality rate of any industrialized nation, and many have begun to question conventional wisdom regarding the way ......
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- Director(s)
- Abby Epstein
- Distributor(s)
- Int'l Film Circuit
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 87 min.
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Critic Reviews
More propaganda than cinema, and at an hour and a half, its exhaustiveness diminishes its impact. But Epstein anchors the film nicely with her own pregnancy, which occurs while the documentary is in production and comes to an unexpected conclusion before shooting ends.Read the full review
A powerful, frightening look at America's delivery room.Read the full review
This unflinchingly shot picture is not for the squeamish. Epstein and Lake's own commitment to you-are-there realism is remarkable as well, each bringing new meaning to the phrase "naked truth."Read the full review
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Star midwife sued by parents for stillbirth
10/21/09 A celebrity midwife who starred in Ricki Lake 's documentary about home births is being sued by a Manhattan couple who say it's her fault their daughter was stillborn. | New York Daily News - New York NY