Behind the Lens: Arrest the Midwife
Clip: Season 39 Episode 5 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Behind the Lens interview with Arrest the Midwife director Elaine Epstein.
Behind the Lens interview with Arrest the Midwife director Elaine Epstein.
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Behind the Lens: Arrest the Midwife
Clip: Season 39 Episode 5 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Behind the Lens interview with Arrest the Midwife director Elaine Epstein.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipEven though the film really deals with home birth in this community, it's not advocating that home birth is right for every woman.
The message that it does deliver is that every woman deserves the midwifery model of care.
Where they are heard, they are empowered, and they get to make decisions in their birthing experience.
And again, it's about civic engagement.
It's about standing up for what you feel is right.
And this is a very unique community because they don't usually get involved in politics.
So I think one of the really interesting things about this film is having Amish and Mennonite women who are standing up for reproductive rights.
They really did help in getting a bill, you know, moved forward.
It really shows that even as disillusioned as we may feel, small acts of civil engagement really do make a difference.
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Preview: S39 Ep5 | 1m 50s | Trailer for Arrest the Midwife by director Elaine Epstein. (1m 50s)
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