A Uniquely Intimate New Documentary: Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion
London, UK – UK production company Alto Films is releasing their latest documentary by film-maker Toni Harman (Credo, Real Birth Stories).
Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion is a 65 minute, intimate and emotionally charged documentary about doulas – professional birth companions – and their part in pregnancy, birth and the first few weeks. The Doula! film will be available on DVD and will launch in cinemas, cafes, playgroups and antenatal clinics around the world on June 7th 2010.
Through close-up documentary footage of three doula-supported births, Doula! captures the non-medical but highly practical and emotional support given to the mother before, during and after childbirth. This unique look into a doula supported birth is captured through two intimately filmed home water births and accompanied by a video diary shot by the parents