Birth As We Know It
by Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova
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Director: Elena Tonetti-VladimirovaProducer: Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova
Producer: Cecily Kate Borthwick
Producer: MD George C. Denniston
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Color, Director's Cut, DVD, Extra tracks, Full Screen, Special Edition, Widescreen
Running Time: 240 unknown-units
Published: 2006
Product features:
- A total of nearly 4 hours including 1) Feature film version, 2) commentary version with Director Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova, and 3) a moving Instrumental version (72 minutes each)
- Lotus birth (8 minutes)
- Special interviews (25 minutes)
- Circumcision (5 minutes)
DVD Reviews of Birth As We Know It
DVD Review: Russian hippies, a lot of Hindu-like religious teachings, and some birth footage
Summary: 1 Stars
Sometimes the negative reviews are the most informative to me when I am considering buying a product, so I hope you will seriously consider this review as you make your buying decision.
I am shocked by all of the hype surrounding this DVD in Amazon reviews and elsewhere. It does contain footage of several beautiful births. And there is an "instrumental version" for those who wish to watch this without the standard soundtrack. This is a mercy, b/c the narration is absolutely full of strange pantheistic religious teachings about how we are supposedly 'one' with everything around us, about how there is a supposed metaphysical 'energy force' surrounding the birthing woman, and many similar concepts.
There is footage of men and women involved in painting gaudy flowers all over their speedo-clad bodies in what looked like a party full of hippies. There is talk of how everyone's body 'remembers' his own birth experience and how if birth was difficult, this trauma scars a person for life and can even cause a woman to have trouble giving birth without a c-section or other massive difficulties herself.
A lot of the video is just plain weird. Men, women, and children are all seen by the side of the Black Sea with little clothing (the men) or no clothing (women and small children), while a silhouetted figure on a hilltop is then seen playing a wooden flute. What does all this have to do with teaching you about the beauty and wonder of birth, or how to have your own home birth, you ask? We wondered the same thing.
Whole families, including small children and pregnant women, are shown swimming in icy waters in the winter. Women are shown wearing bikinis and breastfeeding their diapered babies while sitting cross-legged in the snow, and throwing snow up on themselves and their infants. How is this good for little babies you ask? Good question.
There are precious few moments devoted to actual footage of childbirth, and most of those are grainy video--in sharp contrast with the slick production-values of much of the rest of the film.
If the film was $10, I could recommend that you buy it, watch the instrumental version only, and fast-forward between the maybe fifteen minutes of actual birth footage, but I paid over $40 and would not do so now, knowing what I know. I hope my review is helpful to someone. I know, however, that I will get a whole lot of people who say that my review was unhelpful, since any negative review won't fare well here, I'm afraid. I wish I could have read my own review, though, before spending so much money to get what I got.
Description of Birth As We Know It
Birth As We Know It is a treat for both the heart and mind. This groundbreaking documentary film delivers spectacular cinematography, soothing vocals and instrumentation alongside a calming narrative. It leads us gently, comfortably on a path toward realizing the miracle of birth. Birth As We Know It introduces future parents to the advantages of conscious conception, pregnancy and birth. Director Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova shares her experiences as a co-creator of the Conscious Birth movement in Russia during the early 1980s. An effective preparation program culminated in Black Sea summer camps where babies were birthed in warm, shallow lagoons. This stunningly beautiful movie features eleven natural births, including home birth, water birth, birth of twins, breech delivery and an astounding self-birth by Tatiana Sargunas - world renowned Spiritual Midwife. The midwife community calls this film the most profound and comprehensive guide to conscious birth in the world. Included are informative interviews on topics rarely discussed, such as the sexuality of childbirth, circumcision and limbic imprinting. Birth As We Know It always conveys its messages in a non-intrusive, wonderfully inspirational way. Dr. Michel Odent, an icon in the world of natural delivery for the past 30 years said, We must pay tribute to Elena for prompting us to re-examine basic features of human nature. Her film explains why millions of women, all over the world, dream of giving birth in the sea, among dolphin. Since 1982 Vladimirova has traveled throughout the U.S. teaching Birth Into Being workshops that incorporate breath work, graceful movements and emotional healing that often lead to ecstatic birth experiences for both parents. The birth itself is the last accord in this fascinating journey of self discovery, says Vladimirova. After all preparation is accomplished, the delivery of the baby unfolds naturally in all its magnificence.Bestsellers in DVD
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