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Dear Listers,
To give us a wee boost.....
Liz Mc
Hi Elizabeth
I would like to see the film first. I am not going to
screen it with the full program of Wild Spaces as it is not legitimately part of
the Festival. However, at the Beltane Festival we are screening selections from
WS and I could possibly screen it there with the announcement that it is not
part of WS.
I am very much concerned about industrialized birthing as an
ex-nurse and having being involved in supporting several homebirths including 2
of my nieces.
I would like to screen independent films on social and
environmental issues, and am developing the idea of a travelling media circus,
so it is quite possible I could help with this.
What format is the
program on (i.e. DVD, VHS, miniDV0). You could post it to me C/- Colac ACE. PO
Box 382, Colac, Vic, 3250.
I'll forward you info about the Beltane
Festival in a separate email.
Regards
David
on 30/10/02
8:18 AM, elizabeth mcalpine at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Dear
David,
Thank you.
Should I just post the video to you at ACE, Colac, for copying to your
computer? I live in Melbourne - do you ever visit?? I
can come to Colac if you need to discuss the film
beforehand.
The film is not
my work. It is the copyright of Vicki Chan & Nic Edmonstone,
Queensland. However, I have been given permission to distribute it
as I see fit in pursuit of humanizing childbirth.
It is a
matter of urgency to disseminate this short film, which needs no words, to
resonate in human, particularly women's consciousness, to explain its message.
The film, "In Union" is about humanizing childbirth incontrast to
industrialized childbirth which has severe implications for civilization such
as aggression and other dysfunctions, and total disregard for nature's
laws.
Similarly, (from Odent, 2002), this industrialized birth is
familiar in animal husbandry, and catastrophic births among endangered species
in zoos is due to the same ignorance (or rejection??) of mammalian birth
physiology. The corollary with industrialized farming with its degradation of
the planet, manipulative techniques and recent disasters such as mad cow and
foot and mouth disease, antibiotic resistance, exogenous oestrogens and its
effects, alerts one to the possibilities of impending disaster in
industrialized childbirth.
sincerely,
Elizabeth
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