Synopsis
The birth of a child is a basic expression of life. It constitutes the renewed awareness of the essence of men and women, in the respectful, dignified context of founding a family. While expecting their first child, Sylvie Van Brabant and Serge Giguère looked for a welcoming place to give birth. The place and the choice of the people they wished to be present motivated them to question the conditions for childbirth in Québec.
A word from Tënk
What rich traces of an era in this film that wonderfully illustrates the great paradox surrounding birth, when it was at its height. Two opposing visions: on the one hand, the culture of scientism and technology; on the other, nature, humanism and the sacred. Control, intervention and risk management contrast pathetically with support, trust and respect. On the eve of the passage of a bill that would place midwifery under medical guardianship, this documentary demonstrates that, on the contrary, we must return to the source and support this vision that puts power back in the hands of women and those who give birth. A must-see, especially if you’re the Minister of Health, if only to be inspired by the aplomb demonstrated by midwife Aurore Bégin when she says: “I work with both hands, my mind and my conscience.”
Co-founder of Mouvement pour l’autonomie dans l’enfantement and Executive Director of Mieux-Naître à Laval
