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Summary:

Follows women from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, as they legally cross the border into Texas to give birth, and the midwives who assist them.

Contributors:

Lobovits, Ellie, film director, director of photography

Women Make Movies (Firm), publisher

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

In English and Spanish with English subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Main Work:

Birth on the Border (Motion picture)

Subjects:

Pregnant women — Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Midwives — Texas — El Paso

Childbirth — Texas — El Paso

Border crossing — Mexican-American Border Region

Pregnant women

Midwives

Childbirth

Border crossing

Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Texas — El Paso

North America — Mexican-American Border Region

Genres:

Motion pictures

Documentary films

Short films

Nonfiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

System Details:

DVD-R.
NOTICE: This is a DVD-R and may not play on all DVD players.

Performers:

On screen participants: Luisa, Gaby, Lina Garcia, Sandra Iturbe, Maria.

Production Credits:

Director/cinematographer, Ellie Lobovits ; assistant editor, Peter Biella ; color editor, Janzen Adisewojo ; music, Estrella del Alba by Lulaeruza.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2018.
Public performance rights included.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; burning; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

RG580.O33 BIR 2018 DVD
DVD 18671R

OCLC Numbers:

1096284360
1107170964 [Invalid]