Watch The Business of Being Born (2012) Free Online

Release Date: 2012

Categories: Movies, Culture & Society, Indie, Documentary

The Business of Being Born is a 2008 documentary film that explores the contemporary experience of childbirth in the United States. Produced by Ricki Lake, it compares various childbirth methods, including midwives, natural births, epidurals, and Cesarean sections. The film criticizes the American health care system with its emphasis on drugs and costly interventions and its view of childbirth as a medical emergency rather than a natural occurrence. The film documents actual home births and water births. They follow a midwife, Cara, in New York as she takes care of and attends several... MORE

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Ricki Lake: Your Best Birth Book

Ricki Lake releases a new book, Your Best Birth, after producing and participating in the documentary about giving birth at home THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN. Ricki stops by and talks with Madison Michele on the joys and issues!

3:57min
Be Knowledgeable and Be Open
Abby Epstein, Emmy awardwinning director and coauthor of Your Best Birth, was the resident director of the Broadway musical Rent and the associate director of The Vagina Monologues in New York, Toronto, and Mexico City. She débuted at the 2004 Sundance Fi...
5:43min
Giving Back the Power to Women ChildBirth.wmv
These are clips from the documentary "The Business of Being Born" directed by Abby Epstein. It was published in 2008. This movie opens women's eyes to the harsh reality of hospital births. Throughout the movie, it shows successful and empowering stories a...
6:20min
Ricki Lake: Your Best Birth Book
Ricki Lake releases a new book, Your Best Birth, after producing and participating in the documentary about giving birth at home THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN. Ricki stops by and talks with Madison Michele on the joys and issues!
8:39min
37 weeks / 9 months Pregnant...Natural Water Birth (Back Labor, Perineal, Business of Being Born)
We're approaching the finish line rapidly and are patiently waiting for our bundle of joy to enter the world. In this video we talk about our 37th week doctor's appointment, pain relief for back lack labor, perineal massages, and Ricki Lake's documentary ...
9:59min
Regarding "The Business of Being Born"
Tonight I watched The Business of Being Born. It was awesome. You should watch it, too.
4:36min
Ricki Lake at Screening of "The Business of Being Born"
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PREMIERE 'THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN'
Debbie Gibson is she pregnant? Brooke Burke, Ricki Lake, Cindy Crawford,all these woman have a story to tell..Ricki Lake produced this movie.
2:43min
The Business of Being Born
Ricki Lake, executive producer of The Business of Being Born and coauthor of Your Best Birth, has played a leading role in multiple television shows and feature films, including Cry Baby, Cookie, Working Girl, and Mrs. Winterbourne. Ricki was the host of ...
8:45min
Give Back the Birthing Power to Women: Movie Clips from "The Business of Being Born"
These are clips from the documentary "The Business of Being Born" directed by Abby Epstein. It was published in 2008. This movie opens women's eyes to the harsh reality of hospital births. Throughout the movie, it shows successful and empowering stories a...