Giving Birth now streaming on Vimeo On Demand

Giving Birth hammock

Our classic birth documentary, Giving Birth is now available for streaming rental and purchase on Vimeo On Demand at

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/givingbirth

This is a pioneering video documentary of a home birth. Shot in the Yucatan, Mexico, where a child is delivered Mayan style, in a hammock, by a Mayan midwife to a North-American mother. Recorded in 1972 with a Sony Portapak during a trip to Mexico with the Woodstock Community School. Edited at Electronic Arts Intermix.

The trip is detailed in the book, "On the Bus - Truckin' Through Mexico with the Community Free School" by the True Light Beavers. Doubleday - 1975

FIRST GLOBAL VILLAGE DOCUMENTARY VIDEO FESTIVAL -1975

"...The result is graphic as planned, and hilarious as not planned." NY TIMES - 1975.

Running Time: 23:00; B&W © 1972, Tobe Carey

 

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