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The Business of Birth Control
The Business of Birth Control
"Get ready to have your mind blown because everything you think you know about contraceptives and The Pill is about to change." -Reel News Daily
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The Business of Birth Control
Other Films from Ricki & Abby
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.
85 min | 2008
The Business of Being Born
Part 1, Down on the Farm, includes conversations with legendary midwife Ina May Gaskin.
56 min | 2011
More Business of Being Born: Down on the Farm (Part 1)
Part 2, Special Deliveries features celebrity mothers talking straight on birth
75 min
More Business of Being Born: Special Deliveries (Part 2)
Part 3, Explore Your Options delves into doulas, birth centers & c-sections
103 min
More Business of Being Born: Explore Your Options (Part 3)
Part 4, VBAC Dilemma offers information about what your options really are
52 min
More Business of Being Born: VBAC (Part 4)
Pregnant bodies are easier for society to accommodate. What follows birth is a different, messier story. Through new and honest ways, with a wide range of frank, difficult, revealing interviews, BREAST MILK follows the lives of breastfeeding women and addresses the many questions around breast milk.
92 min | 2014
Breastmilk
Executive produced by Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, this documentary, directed by Brigid Maher, examines a growing shift in the birthing industry: the rise of Caesarean sections.
77 min | 2015
The Mama Sherpas
The uplifting and heart-wrenching struggles of families who treat their cancer-stricken children with marijuana, some with astonishing results
94 min | 2018
Weed the People
The Motherlode