01 January 1981 Factual 62 mins
A documentary that allows us to witness three births in their intimacy. Through their actions, the couples who agreed to participate in the film help to propose alternatives to the dominant medical interventions in hospitals.
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Canada 01 January 1981
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01 January 1980
The first childbirth for children film ever made which launched a sibling preparation movement across the US.
17 May 2012
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.
23 September 2022
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21 October 2022
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23 January 1948
This silent film from 1948 "The Creation of Life" briefly demonstrates how a fetus forms and graphically shows different types of births.
01 January 2004
After giving birth to her first child at age 20, Mona Achache had the idea to make a film on childbirth.
24 January 2023
A migrant working-class couple, after losing their daughter to an ill-fated destiny, seeks friends in each other.
14 May 1938
Mrs. Burgess explains menstruation to her teen-aged daughter by showing her diagrams in a medical book.
08 July 2021
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06 September 1986
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1981:
01 January 1981
An interview with artist, playwright, and political activist Jean Genet.
16 October 1981
Due to her parents' divorce, a young lady named Judy begins to doubt herself and love in general as her wedding day approaches.
24 December 1981
The story of an unhappy, childless princess, her loving husband and the poor villagers threatened by a terrible disease, who finally received help from above.
26 October 1981
A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.
01 March 1981
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
11 June 1981
Two ex-convicts are hired by the Devil to manage a small town cemetery.
04 November 1981
After his wife is raped, a man struggles to find ways to express the anger and helplessness which the crime has instilled in him.
13 January 1981
The true story of a nurse who spent her life caring for terminally ill patients.
01 February 1981
A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale's slaughter with only the support of his wife and one of the locals.
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