The Business of Being Born
2007, 84 minutes
Directed by Abby Epstein
In this candid and eye-opening documentary, director Abby Epstein and producer Ricki Lake explore and question the way American women have babies. Shocking facts (to men and women alike) regarding the historical and current practices of the child birthing industry interweave with stories of couples who decide to give birth on their own terms. The Business of Being Born had its world premiere at the sixth annual Tribeca Film Festival, April 25–May 6, 2007.
The Business of Being Born will have its theatrical release January 2008 in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. In 2007 there will be screenings throughout the US in several cities. To learn where this movie is being screened near you, sign up for their mailing list at info@thebusinessofbeingborn.com.
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Director’s Bio
Abby Epstein made her directing debut at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the documentary feature, Until the Violence Stops. The film went on to play at the Miami, Santa Barbara, and Locarno Film Festivals, and won the Golden Audience Award at the Amnesty International Film Festival in Vancouver. It had its broadcast premiere on Lifetime Television and received an Emmy. Epstein began her career as a theater director in Chicago, where she founded Roadworks Productions and premiered works by Eric Bogosian, Patrick Marber, and Mike Leigh, earning multiple awards. Returning to New York in 1998, she became Resident Director of the Broadway musical Rent and directed the Rent premieres in Mexico City, Barcelona, and Madrid. As associate director of The Vagina Monologues, she directed over one hundred celebrity actresses in the New York production, and then directed the national tour, for which she received a National Broadway Theater Award Nomination.
Click here to read an interview with Abby Epstein, Director of The Business of Being Born
