>Date: April 18, 2008 03:18:42 PM EDT
>Subject: Birth film release
>
>Dear Friend,
>
>I'm proud and excited to announce the completion and release of our
>documentary, "Orgasmic Birth."
>
>If you choose to respond, we would appreciate your doing so through the
>film's website rather than in direct e-mail messages to us. With the
>entire world about to join in, you can imagine how crammed our inboxes would
>become! Thanks for understanding.
>
>We hope you will host or attend a screening and spread the word.
>
>For details, please see below.
>
>Warmly,
>Debra Pascali-Bonaro
>
>The Best-Kept Secret--Unveiled
>
>"Orgasmic Birth," a new documentary film by internationally renowned
>childbirth educator, doula, and birth activist Debra Pascali-Bonaro,
>challenges cultural myths by revealing the emotional, spiritual, and
>physical heights attainable through birth. Viewers witness the passion of
>birth as an integral part of women's sexuality and a neglected human right.
>
>Five years in the making, "Orgasmic Birth" will have its world premiere on
>May 12 at the fifth annual World Respected Childbirth Week conference in
>Prague, Czech Republic. Subsequent screenings will be held in London on May
>29; in Paris on May 30; and in Glasgow on June 4 at the 28th Triennial
>Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives.
>
>On May 16, "Orgasmic Birth" will be featured on a segment of "20/20", the
>acclaimed ABC-TV news show, as part of its Mother's Day program. The
>reporters will interview Debra, who produced and directed the film; women's
>health advocate Christiane Northrup, MD, who appears in it; and several of
>the 11 couples who courageously permitted their birthing experiences to be
>shown. Dr. Northrup, the author of "Mother-Daughter Wisdom" (Bantam, 2005)
>and "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom" (Bantam, revised 2006), appears
>frequently on PBS.
>
>Among other well-known health professionals who present their views in the
>film and discuss evidence-based support of its claims:
>
>o Ina May Gaskin, MA, CPM, world-renowned midwife, author, and
>founder/director of the Farm Midwifery Center in Summertown, Tennessee
>
>o Maureen Corry, MPH, executive director, Childbirth Connection, a
>not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of maternity
>care
>
>o Sarah J Buckley, MD, a general practitioner/ o Sarah J Buckley, MD
>qualifications in obstetrics; author of "Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering"
>
>o Marsden Wagner, MD, former director of Women's and Children's Health,
>World Health Organization
>
>You too can be a part of this exciting project! Go to www.orgasmicbirth. You
>and:
>
>o Share your birth experience and read about the birth experiences of
>others.
>
>o Sign up to host a local screening of this important documentary. It¹s
>easy with the comprehensive Community Screening Packet developed for the
>film. Download these materials at the website, where you can register your
>screening dates (which we will post online), watch a trailer of the film,
>find a Birth Planning Q&A section by our birth experts, and much more.
>
>Joyous, sensuous, and revolutionary, this pioneering film will compel many
>to reexamine their perceptions about childbirth. Viewers will understand
>that the use of normal, undisturbed birthing methods can aid the health and
>well-being of future generations.
>
>The DVD is available with subtitles in French, German, Spanish, and
>Portuguese and has a remarkable score by John McDowell, composer of the
>Oscar-winning documentary "Born Into Brothels."
>
>Questions? Please use the "Contact us" e-mail tab on the home page of
>www.orgasmicbirth. www.o