Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret

A documentary that examines the the intimate nature of birth and the powerful role it plays in women's lives when they are permitted to experience it fully

APPROPIATE

2008 / 85min.

Rating5.5

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Enter the world of undisturbed birth as 11 couples share their intimate personal journeys, facing their fears and moving through pain into the ecstasy of birth. Orgasmic Birth poses the ultimate challenge to our cultural myths.

Directors

Actors

Ina May Gaskin

Mary Jackson

Marsden Wagner

Sarah Buckley

Christiane Northrup

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