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Born

Original title Born

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Born
takes us on a deeply personal journey. Andy Lawrence spent three years in an intimate collaboration with Judith Kurutac, gaining insight into her life’s work as an independent midwife. Born examines the roles they play as father and midwife, brought to life by their engagement with two couples who undergo very different experiences of childbirth. Close and un-interrupted footage of physical childbirth pulls away to wide-open landscapes, still and quiet, but heavy with contemplation of practices that have become part of our cultural landscape. The result is an open consideration resonating with the connection between birth and death and the fear inherent in both these momentous processes.

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Author/s Andy Lawrence

Andy Lawrence is a freelance filmmaker using anthropological knowledge and research methods to explore issues with film and video. His main interest is in the human life course and the ways in which we structure society. Andy is film-maker in residence at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, at the University of Manchester, where he teaches on the MA in Visual Anthropology. Andy has made films for broadcast as well as producing award winning films for festival release. He lives in Manchester with his partner, and their two boys.

Research Andy Lawrence, Judith Kurutac
Photography Andy Lawrence
Sound John Lancaster
Editing Andy Lawrence, David Henderson