Birth Movies

To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha...

"The Hart of London" is an endlessly layered tour de force. It explores life and death, the sense of place and personal displacement, and the...

A look at the daily life of midwives across Quebec.

After giving birth to her first child at age 20, Mona Achache had the idea to make a film on childbirth. She filmed the work of midwives to produce...

Under the shade of a Magnolia tree, a group of pregnant women gathers weekly. Among them is Teresa, an experienced midwife who listens to them...

The story of Jesus' birth and what happened during it.

We follow three women on an emotional and thought-provoking journey as they lend their bodies and carry someone else's child.

Natalia is a 17-year-old mom living with her mother and son, Antos. She wanted to have a baby because it was a “cool” thing to do, and...

The director’s diary told in still images of a dramatic period in which he becomes first a father and then almost loses the love of his life...

Casiopea is the journey to life itself. A captivating adventure that unravels the eternal question of humankind: What happens before/after life?

A filmmaker plays with diary-docu and fiction as his camera joins his ventures into a phone dating club. Bored to death, hormones running, and...

The painful exit of a child of man in the world of God. The highest sense of being and the earthly joy of man and woman.

Psychological thriller about a woman on the verge of a psychoses while becoming a mother.

Enter the world of undisturbed birth as 11 couples share their intimate personal journeys, facing their fears and moving through pain into the...

Exploring the revitalization of traditional birthing practices in Indigenous communities across Turtle Island, the film blends personal stories of...

A short Disney film on what planning for a family is and how it works.

Poor girl who experienced a terrible incident on her birthday which was supposed to be the happiest day.

A doctor allergic to the human touch finds his salvation in writings tattooed on the body of a dead poet.

Women from widely different cultures speak out about giving birth, and about the traumas they have experienced when the birth does not go as expected.

The everyday life of midwives unfolds on the threshold where new life is born and life may fade away. The film shows how midwives support couples...