The Business of Being Born
In America today, birth is a billion dollar business. But who is really benefiting?
2008•1h 27m•6.4/10
Documentary
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.4/10(22)
Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity care system in America
Production
Barranca Productions
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Trailers & Videos
Available in Your Library
Cast
Abby Epstein
Self
Ina May Gaskin
Self
Ricki Lake
Self
Julia Barnett
Self
Tina Cassidy
Self
Robbie Davis-Floyd
Self
Recommended
Checking...
Maternal Instinct
2026•
7.1
Checking...
To Be Takei
2014•
7.2
Checking...
Love, Gilda
2018•
7.2
Checking...
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022•
6.8
Checking...
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017•
7.5
Checking...
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
2015•
6.4
Checking...
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007•
7.8
Checking...
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024•
7.3
Checking...
Making Squid Game: The Challenge
2023•
8.0
Checking...
My Mom Jayne
2025•
8.0
Checking...
Burden of Dreams
1982•
7.6
Checking...
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022•
7.2
Similar Movies
Checking...
Es geht um Alles
2008•
6.5
Checking...
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
2004•
5.3
Checking...
Rehje
2009•
5.5
Checking...
Zaineb Hates the Snow
2016•
7.8
The Cola Road
Checking...
The Cola Road
2013
Checking...
Headdress
2017
Checking...
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018•
6.9
Guitar
Checking...
Guitar
1988
Checking...
In Our Mothers' Gardens
2021
Typhoid Mary
Checking...
Typhoid Mary
1993•
8.0
Checking...
Lessons for Zafirah
2011•
5.6
Checking...
Before Summer Ends
2017•
6.5