Four years in the making, Noemi Weis’ documentary of birth and breastfeeding around the world seeks to draw attention to the politics, commercialization, and controversies surrounding birth and infant feeding. Women’s stories take center stage in this beautiful, inspiring film that Scene Creek calls “a powerful piece of poetry [with] an important message.” Insidetoronto notes that Weis “has thrown down the gauntlet in the battle of the breast,” while Weis herself notes that birth is cause for celebration but is “often interrupted by politics and industrialization. Join Marie as she talks with director/producer/writer Noemi Weis about her years-long effort to share women’s stories and shine a light on what birth often is—and what it could be.
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