Birthing at Home

Birthing at Home

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Birthing at Home

2009

0h 25m

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Overview

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.

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9 members

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Nell Lundy

Self / Narrator

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Alexis Lundy

Self

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Alain Rutayisire

Self

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Jazmine Lundy-Rutayisire

Self

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Sienna Lundy-Rutayisire

Self

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Louise Lundy

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Freida Lundy

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Tia Sarkar

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Melinda Jiminez

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