The Miracle of
Life (1983). 60 mins. The first filmed record
of human conception featuring the intrauterine photography
of Swedish pioneer, Lennart Nilsson. Emmy Award Winner.
Produced by Swedish Television in association with WGBH
Boston. Sold at many video outlets.
First Attachment (1986).
14 minutes.
Kittie Frantz introduces mothers to breastfeeding. First volume of seven
in the series on Breastfeeding Techniques That Work. Geddes Productions,
10546 McVine Ave., Sunland, CA 91040. Tel 818-951-2809.($39.95)
A Gift for the
Unborn Children (1986). 26 minutes.
Script by Laura Uplinger combines the images of nature with the testimony
of experts to reveal the inherent spirituality of pregnancy and birth.
Bradley Boatman Productions, Available from Prosveta USA. Tel: 904-428-1465,
or see the website www.prosveta-usa.com ($15.95)
The Birth of a
Sick or Handicapped Baby: Impact on the family (1986).
57 minutes, in color. An examination of the struggles
of parents and siblings to integrate a handicapped or
sick newborn into the family. Long-term consequences
for emotional and mental development of all participants.
Produced by Michael Trout. Order via: www.infant-parent.com/videos.htm.
$150.
Knowing the Unborn (1988). 29 minutes.
Interviews of parents and authorities in pre- and perinatal psychology
and health focus on newly-discovered abilities of the unborn; some intrauterine
scenes. By Royda and Kelley Ballard. Available from InJoy 800-326-2082.
($39.95) www.injoyvideos.com
Channel for a
New Life (1988). 37 minutes.
The natural drama of the outdoor waterbirth of Carsten Noble Sorger. By
Elizabeth Noble and Leo Sorger, M.D., Available from: www.elizabethnoble.com/order.html.
($45.)
Water Baby: Experiences
of Water Birth (1988). 58 minutes.
Comprehensive, award-winning documentary of waterbirths
in home, hospital, and birth center settings. Shot in
the USA, France, and Russia with comments by parents
and pioneer waterbirth doctors. Produced by Karil Daniels,
Point of View Productions, San Francisco. Information
at: www.waterbirthinfo.com ($59.95).
Special Delivery:
Creating the Birth You Want for You and Your Baby (1989).
43 minutes.
Birth preparation and birth of three couples at a hospital, birthing center,
and at home. By Rahima Baldwin, Informed Birth and Parenting, P. O. Box
1733, Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916-961-6923) ($39.95)
Body-Centered
Hypnosis for Childbirth (1989). 55 minutes.
Training film for professionals by Gayle Peterson incorporating relaxation
exercises, indirect hypnotic suggestions for normal delivery and prenatal
bonding, and visualizations. Shadow and Light Productions, 1749 Vine St.
Berkeley, CA 94703. ($40.)
Lovenotes: Music
for the Unborn Child (1989). 48 mins. By Dr.
Norma Zemke.
A five-session experiential course for pregnant parents utilizing music
and relaxation to facilitate loving communication with the unborn child.
A 72-page manual contains complete lesson plans incorporating the audiotape
of lullabies and folksongs. Video presents a demo of the first class and
interviews with parents. Silver Lake College Publications, Manitowoc, WI.
Tel: 414-684-6691. ($54.95) lzemke@sl.edu
Healing Birth
Trauma in Children: A Seminar for Parents and Professionals (1990).
60 mins.
Documentary of work with four families in which birth games are demonstrated
and parents are taught techniques to assist their children. Produced by
William Emerson, Ph.D. Emerson Training Seminars (707-763-7024). ($37)
Home Birth in
Holland: From Pregnancy to Motherhood (1990).
45 minutes.
Produced by Highlight Productions, San Francisco/Netherlands Association
of Midwives. Prenatal care, three home births, and postnatal care attended
by midwives illustrates normalcy of birth. Birth and Life Bookstore, 141
Commercial St. N.E., Salem, OR 97301. ($29.95)
Delivery Self-Attachment (1992).
6 minutes.
Segment from a Swedish study demonstrating the effect of delivery routines
on first feeding experience. Newborns unmedicated and left undisturbed
on their mothers for at least an hour after birth, crawl to the breast
and suckle. By doctors L. Righard and M. Alade, produced by Kittie Frantz.
Geddes Productions, Sunland, CA: 818-951-2809. ($14.95).
In Honor of Pregnant
Women: Pregnant Bellymasks (1992).
25 minutes. By Francine Krause.
The artistic process of bodycasting during pregnancy as a vehicle for nurture,
self-expression, celebration, and remembrance of pregnancy. Francine Krause,
P.O. Box 1024, Guerneville, CA 95446. ($24.95) Do-It-Yourself Kits also
available with detailed instructions. ($53)
New Fathers, New
Lives (1993). 28 mins. A video to help men
make the transition to fatherhood features a panel of
four new fathers and a studio audience of forty men,
all with at least one child under a year old. Includes
a single teenage dad and a marketing executive with a
toddler and twins. Available from InJoy Videos, Boulder
at $49.95. Tel. 1-800-326-2082. More info at www.injoyvideos.com.
Gentle Birth Choices (1993). 47 minutes.
Six births at home, in a birth center, squatting, waterbirths, hands and
knees, and VBAC. By Barbara Harper, Global Maternal/Child Health Association,
P. O. Box 1400, Wilsonville, OR 97070. Fax: 503-682-3434. ($39.95) waterbirth@aol.com
Babies Know More
Than You Think. (1993). 58 minutes.
Interview with David Chamberlain and Suzanne Arms who discuss the scientific
evidence for the sentience and intelligence of babies both in the womb
and at birth, and the implications for parenthood and obstetrics. Produced
by Michael Mendizza. Touch the Future, 123 Nevada St #A, Nevada City, CA
95959. Tel: 530-265-8494. ($29) Michael@TTFuture.org
The Loving Touch
Infant Massage (1993). 22 minutes.
By Ruth Rice, Ph.D. demonstrates massage with premature, cesarean(caesarean, cesarian), and full term infants from many
countries. Step-by-step instructions are easy to learn. Companion audio
tape and chart. Side two of the audio tape has authentic intrauterine sounds
and special music, tested in hospital nurseries. Cradle Care Institute,
2907 Florence Street Berkeley, CA 94705 510.665.3766 ($45.)
Birth and Parenting
for the 21st Century (1994).
80 mins.
All baby mammals need to be with their mothers. Parents talk about their
experiences with active birth, circumcision, breastfeeding, and co-sleeping
emphasizing the primal needs of babies, regardless of the limitations imposed
by particular cultures. Josephine Viscito and Vernon Van Winkle, producers.
Order from The Compleat Mother: 701-852-2822. ($30.)
Unsung Lullabies:
Coping with Miscarriage (1995). 48 mins. For
the one in five couples who are faced with miscarriage,
this award-winning film acknowledges the intense feelings
(often overlooked and misunderstood) that accompanies
loss. Four couples share candidly and point the way to
healing. InJoy Videos, Boulder. $125.95. Tel: 1-800-326-2082
or learn more at www.injoyvideos.com
Treating Birth
Trauma During Infancy (1995). Three Training
Videos: Forceps Trauma (65 mins.), Cord Trauma (79 mins.)
and Cesarean Trauma, Part 1 (88 mins.), and Part 2 (55 mins.).
These show the treatment of traumatized infants and the results of therapy
for these common problems. Produced by William Emerson, Ph.D. Emerson Training
Seminars: 707-763-7024. ($69. each)
Whose Body, Whose
Rights? (1995). 56 mins.
Examines the historical, sociological, legal, ethical, and personal impact
of circumcising male newborns. Designed for general audiences, secondary
schools and Universities, medical and legal students, childbirth educators,
public broadcasting and cable television. Produced by Lawrence Dillon.
Order from NOHARMM@NOHARMM.org. ($24.95)
After Loss: Journey
of the Next Pregnancy (1995). 32 min.
Touching interviews with families illustrate the five emotional tasks of
pregnancy after loss. Produced by Joann O'Leary and Clare Thorwick of the
program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis. Allina Media Services.
($79.95)
Spiritual Midwifery (1995). 30 mins.
An inspirational 20-year retrospective on home birth at The Farm in Summertown,
TN including interviews with the midwives, birth stories, and rare footage
of births compelling testimony to birth as a holy miracle bonding mother,
father and child. Ina May Gaskin, author. To order: T/F 615-964-3798.
($50.)
Gentle Touch Infant
Massage (1996). 47 mins.
Step-by-step instructions using mothers and fathers as role models teach
infant massage as a sensitive means of two-way communication
and bonding suited to the special needs of a variety of infants. Produced
by Emma Miller, infant massage instructor and pediatrician Andrea Gravatt.
Tel: 1-888-333-3936. ($19.95)
Amazing Babies:
Moving in the First Year (1996). 47
minutes. Documented and narrated by Movement Educator
Beverly Stokes, this video shows both pre-locomotion
and locomotion movements to enhance the viewer's observation
skills of the baby's natural movement development, preverbal
communication, and unique play interactions. Order from
Move Alive Media, toll free: 866-300-2229. Further information
at: www.amazingbabies.com.
New Beginnings:
How To Enjoy Your Pregnancy (1997). 23 mins.
Featuring John Gray and Elizabeth Bing, this video explores gender differences
in how men and women respond to pregnancy and how they can achieve emotional
harmony. Robin Bossert and Gail Greenbaum, producers: 212-627-5621. ($39.95)
Special Women:
How a Labor Assistant Makes a Birth Safer, More Satisfying,
and Less Expensive. By Paulina Perez. 27 mins.
Perinatal psychology in action, documenting one of the most promising trends
for changing the psychological quality of birth. Cutting Edge Press, Katy,
Texas: 281-497-8894 ($59.95).
Gentle Transitions:
A Newborn Baby's Point of View on Adoption (1997).
10 mins.
This training video produced by Michael Trout offers suggestions on what
grown-ups should think about and do to make adoption work best for a baby.
The script is presented as if written by an infant. Useful for birthparents,
adopting parents, and adoption professionals as a catalyst for discussion.
Infant-Parent Institute, Champaign, IL: Tel 217-352-4060. ($70.) mtrout@infant-parent.com
Make Way for Baby! (1997).
55 mins.
Written by Anna Arenas and produced by Carlos Arenas in collaboration with
Dr. Beatriz Manrique. In English or Spanish. Pompano Beach, FL: Amphion
Communications. Email: arenas@4image.net
The Timeless Way:
A History of Birth From Ancient to Modern Times. By
Janet Ashford (1998). 20 mins.
Historic and cross-cultural perspectives on childbirth using art through
the ages, vintage film, and video clips of contemporary births to inspire
discussion. Injoy Productions, Boulder, CO: 800-326-2082 ($79.95). www.injoyvideos.com
Giving Birth:
Challenges and Choices (1998). 35 mins. By
Suzanne Arms.
Featuring a home birth and interviews with birth practioners, including
Christiane Northrup, MD, this video offers a model for normal natural childbirth
and addresses the misconceptions and fears that fuel our 21% cesarean rate
and 85% epidural/drug rate. Injoy Productions, Boulder, CO: 800-326-2082
($59.95). www.injoyvideos.com
Love and Music
for your Unborn Baby (Amor y Musica para tu Bebe por
Nacer) (1998). By Renee Guindi. Available
in Spanish or English.
For expectant parents, about the secrets of the prenatal life. Contains
a session of prenatal activities through sound, so the future mother can
enrich the development of her unborn baby through her caresses, her voice,
and classical music. Order by fax 52-5-227-4491 or email: guindir@data.net.mx
The Amazing Talents
of the Newborn (1998) Phyllis and Marshall
Klaus. Produced by the Johnson and Johnson Pediatric
Institute.
This 30 minute video will help parents more quickly discover the signals
and talents of their own newborn infant. It will encourage perinatal caregivers
to review the clinical practices around labor, birth and the first hours
of life, and make them more appropriate to our new understanding of the
physiology and inherent behavior of the mother and infant. Order from the
institute at 1-877-JNJ-LINK.
Facing Circumcision:
Eight Physicians Tell Their Stories (1998).
20 mins.
This video documents the processes physicians experience while grappling
with their consciences as they examine the ethical and human rights issues
of circumcision. Order from Nurses for the Rights of the Child, 369 Montezuma
#354, Santa Fe, NM 87505, email: wholebaby@nets.com.
$20 plus $5 postage and handling.
Prince for a Day (1998).
6 mins. Documentary film of the Sumbawa Muslim Ritual of
child circumcision filmed in Indonesia by Royal Phillips.
The short film, intended for medical caregivers, educators
and therapists, dramatizes circumcision as a human rights
issue. Royal Productions. VHS and PAL formats. $30. Inquire
via email: royal@completebirth.com.
Circumcision?
Intact Facts (1998). 18 mins. Produced by Lawrence Dillon.
Especially designed for childbirth education and parenting classes, this
short but fascinating video (derived form the hour-long program, Whose
Body Whose Rights?) espouses the views of those who feel circumcision
is genital mutilation and a choice best left to the individual boy when
he's grown. Shows the actual circumcision surgery. Order from InJoy Videos
800-326-2082, email InJoyVideo@aol.com
Birth Games: Birth
Therapy with a Seven-Year-Old Boy (1999).
30 minutes. By Lali Mitchell and Anne Hanley, produced
by Sky Mountain Institute, 2842 Country Club Drive, Escondido,
CA 92029. Email: skymountain@juno.com.
$15.
A Chance to Grow (2000). 52 minutes. This video follows three families
as they navigate their unpredictable course through the alien
world of the NICU. The program explores the complex ethical
issues surrounding modern neonatal care including multiple
births, and the boundaries of survival outside the womb.
$195. Fanlight Productions, by Claire Marie Panke. Order
from: www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/317_actg.htm.
Born in the USA (2000).
56 minutes. A documentary about childbirth in America, strongly
endorsed by Marsden Wagner and Sheila Kitzinger and funded
by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Through the eyes
of three caregivers, an obstetrician in a teaching hospital,
a licensed midwife doing home births, and a Certified Nurse
Midwife who works in a free-standing birth center, present
a critical but even-handed look at American birth. $195.
From Fanlight Productions: 1-800-937-4113.
Birth Into Being:
The Russian Waterbirth Experience (2000).
28 mins. Produced by Barbara Harper, this film features
the work of spiritual midwife Tatyana Sargunas showing
five water births, two in the ocean and three at home.
Music by Paul Winter and a St. Petersburg Choral group
accompanies the beautiful footage. Available from the
Global Maternal/Child Health Association in Wilsonville,
OR at 1-800-641-2229 for $39.95 or learn more from their
website at www.waterbirth.org
The Biology of
Belief (2000), 2 hrs. 42 minutes. Dr. Bruce
Lipton introduces the biology that reveals the mechanisms
of the body/mind connection and explains why healing
therapies actually work. For those interested in the
future of health care. Available from Spirit 2000, Inc.,
P.O. Box 1126 Memphis, TN 38174. Tel: 1-800-284-8045.
($39.95)
Biology of Perception: The Psychology
of Change (2001). 2 hrs 40 minutes. Cell biologist,
Dr. Bruce Lipton and Rob Williams, M.A. make a compelling case
for changing our traditional views of biology and psychology, exposing
the prevailing myths of each discipline. They reveal the inseparable
nature of the mind/body connection and offer a practical way to
use these revolutionary ideas. Available from Spirit 2000, Inc.,
Box 1126 Memphis, TN 38174. Tel: 1-800-284-8045. ($39.95)
Breaking Peaces:
Babies Have Their Say About Domestic Violence (2001).
Color, 17 minutes. This video attempts to represent what
prenates, infants and toddlers would say if they had
a voice about the experience of domestic violence. Babies
are learning all the time and have little choice but
to respond, in some way. Suggestions at the end about
action steps for grownups. Produced by Michael Trout.
Orders: www.infant-parent.com/videos.htm.
The Mother-Friendly
Childbirth Initiative (2001). 15 minutes.
Script by Robbie Davis-Floyd, narration by Henci Goer,
and produced by the Coalition for Improving Maternity
Services (CIMS), P. O. Box 2346 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
32004. Tel: 888-282-CIMS. Website: www.motherfriendly.org.
Mother-Infant
Bonding & the Intelligence of the Heart (2002).
9 minutes. Joseph Chilton Pearce describes the fields
of energy and intelligence generated by the human heart
and applies this new research to bonding. The harmonic
resonance, or its absence, between mother and child impacts
all aspects of a child's physical, mental, and emotional
development. $12.50. Order on-line from: www.TTFuture.org/heart.
The Origins of
Love and Violence (2002). Featuring
the work of James W. Prescott. Part I. 13 minutes. Brief
Introduction, overview of his work at NIH including issues
related to breastfeeding, mother-infant separation and
brain development, plus dramatic excerpts from the documentary
film "Rock-A-Bye Baby." $12.50. Part II. A
collection of four rare historical film and television
presentations and the full-length documentary film "Rock-A-Bye
Baby." $19.95. A CD-ROM for viewing and reading
on the computer screen contains Part I and Part II above,
and current and historical research documents spanning
40 years. $29.95. Available from: www.TTFuture.org/Origins.
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