| View Larger Image | Pregnant in America | DVDStarring: Betsy Chasse, Dr. Marsden Wagner, Joseph Chilton Pearce, Ina May Gaskin, Barbara Harper
Directed By: Steve Buonaugurio;Betsy Chasse
| List Price: | $24.95 | | Price: | $22.49 | | You Save: | $2.46 (10%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 104 minutes | | Format: | Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Studio: | Intention Media Inc | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.78:1 | | Release Date: | December 16, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 68,509th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Studio: Victor Multimedia-05 Release Date: 12/16/2008 Run time: 104 minutes |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 5 reviews)
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Great Info, ending a little disappointing by T.K. (Green Bay, WI USA)  4 Stars
October 22, 2009
The video contains TONS of great information but it was a little disappointing that the homebirth ended up in the hospital anyway
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Lotus Guide Review by Rahasya Poe by Rahasya Poe (Chico, CA) 4 Stars
September 04, 2009
Pregnant in America (DVD)
Written and directed by Steve Buonaugurio
Intention Media ([...])
This is a well-balanced view of the health system surrounding being pregnant in America. It asks questions such as: "Why is it that the cesarean rate is 30 percent in the United States while the rest of the world considers 7 percent too high? Why are we charged so much more for fewer services in our hospitals than in other countries? Why do we give a drug to induce labor when it clearly states on the label: "Do not give to pregnant women"? Why do most childbirths happen Monday through Friday in our hospitals? Why are we discouraged and even penalized for not wanting a cesarean birth or wanting homebirth? If you're looking for answers, you're not alone--order this DVD.
Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide magazine [...]
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nah by Hallie T. (Los Angeles, CA)  1 Stars
June 22, 2009
I did not like this movie. I know little about the process of childbirth,I was hoping to gain some insight on my own, but I felt like this movie was "all up in your face" that hospital births are BAD, instead of presenting it in a non biased view. Both sides of the argument are not fairly represented. Either ways I just didn't enjoy this movie. It just bombards you with somewhat the same message and constant repetition of how you should do home birth, no drugs during it, because its bad for you yada yada yada... Just 20 mins of watching I became extremely uninterested. Despite the facts and information presented, I still feel indifferent towards the subject of childbirth location,use of anesthesia,etc, because this is a biased film. Furthermore this film should not to named PREGNANT in America, it hardly touches on pregnancy, just child birth. This is misleading as when I first read the title I was expecting it to maybe talk about a broader topics of pregnancy in general, such as controversial topics like teen pregnancy or even how pregnant woman are treated in corporate America. I can't help but think its called "Pregnant in America" just to attract more attention as it did for me, this should be called "Don't Give Birth at the Hospitals, Because Clearly Home Birth is Better, We Do it, So Should You".
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So what did his wife think? by Ladycake 1 Stars
May 13, 2009
I can't begin to describe how irritating I found this movie. Although I am totally pro home-birth and alarmed by the birth statistics in the US, I could not get past how self-absorbed the filmmaker/father was. I really regret having watching this film, except for the brief clips of Ina May Gaskin. She's awesome and outshines any penny-ante Michael Moore wannabes.
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Everyone should see this--everyone! by S. Wilkirson  5 Stars
January 29, 2009
Every human in the U.S. should see this. It is a valuable resource shedding light into what has become a criminal misuse of medical authority to medicalize birth for profit, taking and endangering lives all the while. Dr. Wagner is a personal hero of mine and one of the few with the integrity and courage to stand up and shout in the face of this particular hurricane.
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