"Orgasmic Birth" will be screened Saturday, Feb. 28, at Camden Public Library and also in May at Belfast Free Library as part of series there.
At 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, Morningstar Midwifery/Maternal Wellness Center of Belfast and Camden Public Library will co-sponsor a screening of the 2008 documentary "Orgasmic Birth" in the library's Jean Picker Room, Atlantic Avenue.
The 87-minute film will be followed by a discussion with the community and local birthing professionals. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
Joyous, sensuous and revolutionary, "Orgasmic Birth" brings the ultimate challenge to our cultural myths by inviting viewers to see the emotional, spiritual and physical heights attainable through birth. The film features commentary by Christiane Northrup, M.D., and midwives Ina May Gaskin, Elizabeth Davis and other experts in the field; and stunning moments of women in the ecstatic release of childbirth.
Donna Broderick and Ellie Daniels are Certified Professional Midwives with Morningstar Midwifery and will be available, along with other local midwives, doulas and birth educators, to answer questions after the screenings.
"Americans are bombarded with images of birth as a scary, medicalized emergency. 'Orgasmic Birth' is one of a number of refreshing new films coming out that depict it as the safe, spiritual, joyful journey it can be when women get good support and care," said Broderick.
The community is invited to participate in the lively discussion to follow.
Three-part series at Belfast Free Library
Morningstar Midwifery/the Maternal Wellness Center also is sponsoring Other Images of Birth, a three-part spring film series, on the first Wednesday of every month, March through May. Screenings, along with community discussions, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays March 4, April 1 and May 6 in the Abbott Room of Belfast Free Library, 106 High St. All events are free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
The first event in the series will be a local birth "Artivists" Night on March 4, with a film and poetry reading by two Belfast birth artists and activists followed by a moderated panel and community discussion.
The film shown will be "ROAR" (2009) by local filmmaker and homebirth mother Nicolle Littrell, who created the 13-minute work as a video meditation on the state of birth and a call for change. The female voice is at the center as interviews with Maine midwives and legislators are interwoven with stunning homebirth footage.
The film will be followed by a brief poetry reading of birth poems by Arielle Greenberg, a Chicago-based poet who is currently in Belfast, working on an oral history of the new back-to-the-land movement and a consumer’s guide to working with midwives. Greenberg is the author of two poetry collections and co-editor of two poetry anthologies. There will be plenty of time for discussion afterward.
The second event will be a screening of the 2008 feature-length documentary "Pregnant in America" on April 1. Shocked by the greed of U.S. hospitals, insurance companies and medical organizations, filmmaker Steve Buonagurio and his wife Mandy set out to have a natural home birth in a world where everything is anything but natural. The film is entertaining as it is educational and is high on emotional content.
The final event will be another showing of "Orgasmic Birth" on May 6.
The Maternal Wellness Center, located at 111 High St. in Belfast, was created last winter with the mission of creating a community-centered, accessible and secure center for multiple uses associated with pregnancy, birth, women’s wellness, parenting support and health and wellness for babies and children. For more information, call Arielle Bywater at 338-0708 between 1 and 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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