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Birth Movie Marathon Day

A day in at the movies indulging in some of the best, informative, birth documentaries that have been voted for by Melbourne's birth community.
Come for one, come for the day.
Find a chair, bolster, cushion or mat and get comfy with some popcorn and a blanket as we wile away the winter month in cozy warmth.

When:
Saturday 24th August
10am - 10pm

Venue:
Mana HealthPractice
130 Plenty Rd
Preston, Victoria, Australia

Venue Contribution:
$5 ~ per movie
$25 ~ all day
optional food to share

Please complete Booking form below

Movie Line~Up

10am - 11:25am
Orgasmic Birth (85min)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1331111/
An award-winning documentary revealing the emotional, spiritual, and physical heights attainable through birth. Witness the intimate experiences of 11 women and partners. "Watch this film and get in on the world's best-kept secret: labor and birth can be pleasurable- even ecstatic. Pleasurable birth creates a positive foundation for a lifetime." Christiane Northrup, MD, bestselling author.

11:30am - 1pm
Breastmilk (90min)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2231212/
With unexpected humor, with an unflinching camera, with some guilt and some pain, this film takes the unusual risk of examining what breast milk truly means. We are often told that breast milk is better. Better for babies, better for mothers, better for nutrition, health, well-being, and society. Many accept this and yet there are still very few women who succeed in breastfeeding exclusively for the recommended six months and beyond. What would it take to change?

1pm - 2pm
Birth Movie Shorts

One birth at a time - Towards normal Birth (13min)

Evidence Based Birth (17min)

What If (6min)

A Child Is Born (7min)

2:00pm - 3:25pm
In Utero (85min)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3793694/
A cinematic rumination on what will emerge as the most provocative subject of the 21st Century - life in the womb and its lasting impact. Epigenetics, biochemistry, Alice In Wonderland, The Matrix, scientists, psychologists and doctors converge to prove that we are not what we think we are. It brings together for the first time convincing data that explains why some of us face challenges from the start while others thrive. Prepare to be surprised, intrigued, but no longer baffled by what the future holds for yourself, your loved ones, and the human race.

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Down on the Farm (56min)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/more-business-being-born-pt-1-down-on-farm-conversations/id476700786
Follow Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Director Abby Epstein to The Farm Community in Summertown, Tennessee, where pioneer midwife Ina May Gaskin talks candidly about the latest birth trends and the art of midwifery. Also on the journey is pregnant actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, who has enlisted a midwife to attend the birth of her second child and joins the filmmakers in meeting The Farm’s famous midwives and touring the picturesque birth cabins in the woods.

4:30pm - 6:15pm
Midwife Documentary (105min)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3314400/
MIDWIFE follows Minnesota home birth midwife, Sarah Biermeier (of Geneabirth), during her first year as a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). The documentary quietly shows the life of a home birth midwife, from prenatals, to births, to postpartums, while also examining what the birth environment looks like in states where home birth midwifery is not legal, and families are faced with fewer birth options

6:30pm - 8:15pm
Guerrilla Midwife (105min)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1949187/
The film follows the remarkable work of 2011 CNN Hero, Ibu Robin Lim and her efforts to protect the smallest citizens of Earth. Filmmaker Déjà Bernhardt has captured on camera tender moments of childbirth and human bonding, as they unfold in our planet's most extreme locations of environmental and political disaster. As Bernhardt takes us from beautiful Bali, where terrorist bombings have destroyed the economy, to post Tsunami Aceh, she highlights the efforts of one remarkable woman who has been recognized globally for illuminating the difference one person can make

8:30pm - 10pm
World Of Birthworkers (85min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVE9yzf6t_w
Have you ever wondered how traditional birthworkers from different cultures begin to care for mothers and babies? Is it through dreams, lineage, ambition, or circumstance? What is their motivation? How do they develop their skills? What is challenging for them? What do they love about their work? How do they pass on their knowledge? How is their role and status changing with the globalization of medical birth care? birthwork.com