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Dona International
16th Annual Conference
Film Event
August 7, 2010 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Download Schedule

ROOM 1


7:00 - 8:05

FILM:
DOULA!

a new documentary film about birth and postpartum doulas. Intimate and highly emotional, the film features in close up detail three doula-supported births.


8:10 - 9:20

FILM:
Guerilla Midwife

In every country on this planet, there is a WAR being fought to gain an asset more precious than gold or oil. The battlefield is a woman's body when she is giving BIRTH.


9:25 - 10:25

FILM:
All My Babies

This beautifu film is the story of "Miss Mary" Coley, an African-American midwife more than half a century ago in rural Georgia ...


10:25 - 11:00

FILM:
Formula for Disaster

The marketing of powdered milk has caused fewer mothers to breastfeed in the Philippines and babies suffer its harmful effects.




ROOM 2


7:00 - 7:20

FILM:
Reducing Infant Mortality

Listen to Obstetricians, Doulas, Neonatologists, Midwives, Psychologists, Pediatricians and other Physicians explain how our health care system is failing babies and mothers; and what we can do about it.


7:25 - 7:30

FILM:
Delivery Self Attachment

Babies are able to do amazing things if allowed to be born without interference! Produced by Dr. Lennart Righard and Kittie Franz


7:35 - 7:55

FILM:
Baby Led Breast Feeding

The secret drives of the infant in this intimate relationship between mother and infant. Kittie Franz, RN and Christina Smillie, MD


8:00 - 8:30

FILM:
It's My Body, My Baby, My Birth
Maria Iorillo shares homebirth stories and interviews of clients from her very multicultural practice.


8:35 - 8:55

FILM:
Kangaroo Mother Care
This is the “How-To, Why-To” video that summarizes the latest research to prove that the newborn thrives best on his mother’s chest. By Nils Bergman, M.D.


9:00 - 9:10

FILM:
Birthday
Captures the beauty of a homebirth filmed in the countryside of Xalapa, Mexico. Narrated by mother and midwife, Naoli Vinaver.


9:15 - 9:25

FILM:
Birth of Sabine
Sabine’s video shows us the excitement and anticipation of a mom’s first pregnan­cy. This is how one family navigates the ins and outs of pregnancy, labor and birth.


9:30 - 9:50

FILM:
Hug Your Baby
Babies DO "talk" to us, but with their body and behavior. Read your baby’s body language to prevent and solve problems.


9:55 - 10:55

FILM:
Laboring Under and Illusion
This DVD explores the media-generated myths about childbirth through over 100 video clips. Fiction is contrasted with reality using excerpts from childbirth films.


11:00 - 11:20

FILM:
Birth as We Know It
The impact of conscious conception, pregnancy and birth. In this stunningly beautiful video, Director Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova shares her experiences as one of the co-creators of the “Conscious Birth” movement.