Abby Epstein

La naissance est un miracle, un rite de passage, un moment naturel de la vie. Mais plus que tout, la naissance est un business. Pour l'actrice Ricki Lacke, la naissance de son premier enfant est une expérience décevante, elle choisit alors de travailler avec la cinéaste Abby Epstein sur le système de soins de la naissance aux Etats-Unis. En mettant l'accent sur la ville de New York, le film révèle qu'il y a des raisons de se méfier de l'hôpital. La réalisatrice suit plusieurs couples qui choisissent de donner naissance à leur manière, elle découvre pendant le tournage qu'elle même est enceinte. Est-ce que la plupart des naissances doivent être considérées comme un processus naturel, ou doivent-elles être considérées comme une urgence médicale a priori?

Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Filmmaker Abby Epstein follow their landmark documentary,'The Business of Being Born', with an all-new, four part DVD series that continues their provocative and entertaining exploration of the modern maternity care system. Exploration of the maternity care system, including birthing options and celebrity birth stories.

Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Filmmaker Abby Epstein follow their landmark documentary,'The Business of Being Born', with an all-new, four part DVD series that continues their provocative and entertaining exploration of the modern maternity care system. Exploration of the maternity care system, including birthing options and celebrity birth stories.

There can be no real gender justice without an unpacking of the power structures surrounding the reproductive health industry complex—and of the choices that the market pushes on women. Abby Epstein’s latest documentary highlights the dark history of eugenics and underfunded research that the birth control pill, often heralded as a feminist turning point in the history of reproductive rights, hides within itself.

There can be no real gender justice without an unpacking of the power structures surrounding the reproductive health industry complex—and of the choices that the market pushes on women. Abby Epstein’s latest documentary highlights the dark history of eugenics and underfunded research that the birth control pill, often heralded as a feminist turning point in the history of reproductive rights, hides within itself.

College students confront sexual violence on their campus through a transformative theater process. This urgent coming of age story follows young adults grappling with sex, consent, identity, and power on their paths to adulthood.

College students confront sexual violence on their campus through a transformative theater process. This urgent coming of age story follows young adults grappling with sex, consent, identity, and power on their paths to adulthood.