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Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives
BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN AND THE FARM MIDWIVES tells the story of counterculture heroine Ina May Gaskin and her spirited friends, who began delivering each otherʼs babies in 1970, on a caravan of hippie school buses, headed to a patch of rural Tennessee land. With Ina May as their leader, the women taught themselves midwifery from the ground up, and became an integral part of a new, entirely communal, agricultural society called The Farm. The people of the Farm grew their own food, built their own houses, published their own books, and, as word of their social experiment spread, created a model of care for women and babies that changed a generationʼs approach to childbirth. Forty years ago Ina May led the charge away from isolated hospital birthing rooms, where husbands were not allowed and mandatory forceps deliveries were the norm. Today, as nearly one third of all US babies are born via C-section, she fights to preserve her community's hardwon knowledge. With incredible access to the midwivesʼ archival video collection, the film not only captures the unique sisterhood at The Farm Clinic--from its heyday into the present--but shows childbirth the way most people have never seen it--unadorned, unabashed, and awe-inspiring.
"BIRTH STORY is a celebratory tribute to the endangered art of midwifery and its most influential practitioner, Ina May Gaskin. A disarming example of documentary filmmaking that stakes out an opinion with plain-spoken, commonsensical wisdom, this insightful effort from helmers Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore doubles as a defense of natural childbirth." (Variety, 2012)
All profits from the screening will benefit Mother Health International. Mother Health International (MHI) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to respond and provide relief to pregnant women and children in areas of disaster, war and extreme economic poverty. They are committed to reducing maternal and infant mortality rates by creating culturally competent, sustainable and holistic birth centers using the midwifery model of care.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO EVENT:
From Manhattan or Newark NJ:
NJ Transit Train: Montclair-Boonton Line from Penn Station NYC (or Penn Station Newark) to Walnut Street in Montclair. Walk northwest on Walnut street 3 blocks and turn right on Forest St. 107 Forest is a block and a half away.
DeCamp Bus Line from Port Authority NYC #66 Bus to the corner of Park street and Walnut street. Walk 2 blocks downhill on Walnut and make a left on Forest St. 107 Forest is a block and a half away.
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LocationYoga Montclair (View)
107 Forest Street, Suite 3
Montclair, NJ 07042
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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