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- The business of being born [videorecording] by Epstein, Abby,producer,director.; Epstein, Abby.; Epstein, Abby.drtpro; Gavin, Madeleine.; Gavin, Madeleine.flm; Lake, Ricki,producer.; Lake, Ricki.; Lake, Ricki.pro; Netto, Paulo,producer.; Netto, Paulo.; Netto, Paulo.procng; Pluess, André.; Pluess, André.cmp; Slotnick, Amy,producer.; Slotnick, Amy.; Slotnick, Amy.pro; Ample Productions (Firm); Barranca Productions (Firm); New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)356389; Red Envelope Entertainment (Firm);
Maternity care in the U.S. -- Midwives -- Business takes over -- A life altering experience -- Giving the power back -- The twilight sleep era -- Too posh to push -- My terms -- Homebirths -- What's the agenda? -- Bliss and pain -- The birthing process - Abby and Paulo -- Passion projects -- End credits.Director of photography, Paulo Netto ; edited by Madeleine Gavin ; original music by Andre Pluess, Supersonic Music.With Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein."Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business. Compelled to explore the subject after the delivery of her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to question the way American women have babies. The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal. Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency?" -- Official website.Not rated by the MPAA.DVD, region 1; Dolby digital stereo surround.Tribeca Film Festival 2007, official selection ; Palm Springs Film Festival 2008, official selection.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Feature films.; Feature films; Films for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Documentary films.; Documentary; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women; Cesarean section; Childbirth at home; Childbirth.; Childbirth; Childbirth; Delivery (Obstetrics); Midwifery; Natural childbirth; Obstetrics; Pregnancy.; Pregnancy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy; Embarazo.; Embarazo.; Nacimiento.; Nacimiento.; Childbirth.; Delivery (Obstetrics); Pregnancy.; Pregnancy;
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- Cold Comfort Farm [videorecording] / by Schlesinger, John,1926-2003,director.(CARDINAL)516046; Bradbury, Malcolm,1932-2000,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)145589; Gilby, Alison,producer.; Atkins, Eileen,1934-actor.(CARDINAL)340142; Beckinsale, Kate,actor.(CARDINAL)340044; Burrell, Sheila,1922-2011,actor.; Jones, Freddie,1927-2019,actor.; Lumley, Joanna,actor.(CARDINAL)886659; Fry, Stephen,1957-actor.(CARDINAL)351946; McKellen, Ian,actor.(CARDINAL)813573; Margolyes, Miriam,actor.(CARDINAL)847707; Seager, Chris,cinematographer.; Lockhart, Robert,1959-2012,composer.; Gibbons, Stella,1902-1989.Cold Comfort Farm.; BBC Films,presenter,production company.(CARDINAL)342864; Gramercy Pictures,presenter.(CARDINAL)530636; Thames International (Firm),presenter,production company.; Universal Pictures (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)318695;
Director of photography, Chris Seager ; music, Robert Lockhart ; editor, Mary Day.Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sheila Burrell, Stephen Fry, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Miriam Margolyes, Rufus Sewell.Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advise of Mrs. Smiley and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives, where she finds ample material for the novel she wishes to write.MPAA rating: PG.DVD; wide screen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital surround; dual layer.- Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Rural comedy television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Television adaptations.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Farm life; Families;
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