Birthing at Home
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Alexis is a 32-year-old white woman married to Alain, an African from Rwanda. This documentary focuses on Alexis giving birth in her parents home. As her parents and great-grandmother look on, a calm mid-wife delivers ten and a half pound Jazmine. The documentary is Interspersed with interviews with Alexis, her husband, Alexis' parents, the soon to be great-grandmother and the midwife.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2009-05-15
Runtime: 25 mins
Director: Robert McCallum
Writer: Nell Lundy, Robert McCallum
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Birthing at Home
Production Companies: Adventure Film Productions
Production Countries: Canada
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