Have the organizer in each place been
contacted with the idea of a ‘’side show’’ screening??
I would be happy to follow this through in
WA
Yeah to Colac!! And
I’m sad that I won’t be at Wolfgang’s Beltane this year.
Sally Westbury
-----Original Message-----
From: elizabeth mcalpine
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Sent: Wednesday, 30 October 2002 9:19 AM
To: ozmidwifery
Cc:
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Subject: [birthnews] Fw:
Industrialized childbirth harms future generations
To give us a wee boost.....
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
