Birth Wars

Birth Wars

1h 13m 26s

Fundamental Rights

Latinamerican cinema

Told through deeply personal stories in the trenches of the healthcare sector, “Birth Wars” chronicles a power struggle between doctors and midwives in Mexico about whose vision of childbirth should prevail.

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