The Business of Being Born (2008)
In America today, birth is a billion dollar business. But who is really benefiting?
87 min
Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity care system in America
- Release date
- January 9, 2008
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Jason Moss, Andre Pluess
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Trailer
Cast
- Abby Epstein as Self
- Ina May Gaskin as Self
- Ricki Lake as Self
- Julia Barnett as Self - Parent
- Mary Helen Ayres as Self - Homebirth Midwife in Indiana
- Sylvie Blaustein as Self - Owner & Director, Midwifery of Manhattan
- Louann Brizendine as Self
- Michael Brodman as Self
- Patricia Burkhardt as Self
- Tina Cassidy as Self - Journalist and Author of 'Birth'
- Ronaldo Cortes as Self - Ob
- Ronaldo Cortes as Gyn
- Robbie Davis-Floyd as Self - Medical Anthropologist
- Eugene Declerq as Self
Crew
- Abby Epstein · Director
- Abby Epstein · Producer
- Paulo Netto · Producer
- Amy Slotnick · Producer
- Jason Moss · Composer
- Andre Pluess · Composer
- Paulo Netto · Cinematographer
- Madeleine Gavin · Editor