by Vicki Elson, MA, CCE

DVD length: 50 min

Anthropologist Vicki Elson explores media-generated myths about childbirth. As a childbirth educator for 25 years, she observes daily how our culture affects our birth experiences.

This DVD explores the media-generated myths about childbirth through over 100 video clips. Fiction is contrasted with reality using excerpts from childbirth films made for use in natural birth classes. The results are hilarious, engaging and enlightening. This film would be ideal for parents, students, even teenagers, all of whom are often influenced in their perceptions about birth from media hyped depictions of birth as dramatic, scary and dangerous events. A wonderful exposé!