Birth on the border (2018)
• January 1st, 2018 • 0h 28min
Documentary
Overview
One million people legally cross the U.S.-Mexico border every day in both directions. Among them are women from Ciudad Juárez who cross to give birth in El Paso, Texas. Even with visas that allow them to cross, their journeys are uncertain. Gaby and Luisa, two women from Ciudad Juárez, cross legally into El Paso, Texas, in order to give birth. Two Chicana midwives in El Paso, Lina and Sandra, support the women who cross. After living through the extreme violence that engulfed Ciudad Juárez from 2008-2012 and with the looming threat of obstetrical violence in Mexican hospitals, Gaby and Luisa choose to cross, seeking a safer future for their children and the opportunity for natural childbirth with midwives. They risk losing their visas, getting turned back, and harassment at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol. Against the backdrop of oppressive U.S. border policy, these women's stories of risk and resilience reveal the complexities of life on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Option Zero
Released on: 2021-04-29
Documentary
There are countless stories of Cubans reaching their dream destination of Florida as boat refugees. ...
Landscape of our Body
Released on: 2024-05-24
Documentary, History
As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at t...
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Released on: 2003-06-29
Documentary, Drama
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed ...
Aan ons den arbeid
Released on: 2007-11-28
Documentary
Documentary that shows the changing attitude towards immigrant labor in The Netherlands. The documen...
Visions of Europe
Released on: 2004-05-01
Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
Amexica: Life in the Borderlands
Released on: 2021-03-30
Documentary
A road trip, over ten years, across the so-called Amexican border, a mythical boundary, both physica...
The Fall of the I-Hotel
Released on: 1983-06-15
Documentary
The Fall of the I-Hotel brings to life the battle for housing in San Francisco. The brutal eviction ...
Your Call Is Important To Us
Released on: 2023-11-15
Documentary
The only thing colder than a Canadian winter is Canadian bureaucracy (probably). Based on five real ...
All of Me
Released on: 2014-11-20
Documentary
"Take my love" is a documentary film about "Las Patronas", a group of women who daily cook, pack and...
The New Man
Released on: 2016-11-18
Drama, Documentary, Comedy
A creative documentary about becoming a parent... and how to reconceive yourself. Fiction director J...
My Life Inside
Released on: 2007-01-16
Documentary
Rosa is a Mexican woman who, at the age of 17, migrated illegally to Austin, Texas. Some years later...
Tarajal: Desmontando la impunidad en la frontera sur
Released on: 2017-01-14
Documentary
The events that took place at the beach of El Tarajal in Ceuta (Spain) in February 2014 - the killin...
All American
Released on: 2024-06-07
Documentary
In this modern, coming of age documentary, Naomi, Jojo and Arham grapple with economic divides, gend...
Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga
Released on: 2009-09-08
Documentary
Both during and after pregnancy, yoga is a perfect way to firm your body, build strength, and gain f...
Les "Folles de la Place Vendôme"
Released on: 1985-01-01
Documentary
A documentary released in 1985 about the Mothers of Place Vendôme.
A Hero's Death
Released on: 2001-08-08
Documentary
It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, ...
MUM Misunderstandings of Miscarriage
Released on: 2020-10-01
Documentary
At age 31, after experiencing her second miscarriage, Tahyna MacManus was devastated, lost, angry an...
Borders
Released on: 2014-06-05
Documentary
A film about borders and border checkpoints, poetically following the people that come into contact ...