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BIRTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY

PARIR EN EL SIGLO 21

By Claudia REIG

BARRET - as PROD

Social issues - Production 2023

A project that accompanies the paradigm shift in childbirth care.

A renewed visual approach on a process that empowers women, a vital and family event.

A choral account about obstetric violence and its
consequences, told by victims and healthcare workers

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Social issues, Female director, Documentary
- Countries
- SPAIN
- Languages
- SPANISH, CATALAN
- Budget
- N/A
- Director(s)
- Claudia REIG
- Producer(s)
- Daniel FABRA (BARRET), Álex BADIA (BARRET), Ana PELÁEZ (RTVE - TELEVISION ESPAÑOLA, S.A.)
- Synopsis
- In the 21st century, women's rights are being violated in delivery rooms around the world. Spain is one of the first European countries to promote a legislative change to fight this problem and explicitly name it obstetric violence. A growing network of women is behind this long-demanded change towards equality.
  Sole is the head midwife of a hospital specializing in supporting women through childbirth with a deep respect for their bodies, their babies and rights – a process that is shown in this film in all of its humane, powerful and primitive form.
  Francisca is a lawyer dedicated to defending victims of abuse during childbirth in court. One case she brought before international Justice led to a condemnation against Spain by the United Nations – and this resolution has triggered the process to include obstetric violence in a new law on reproductive health, despite the great controversy that it generates.
  Sole and Francisca embody the struggles for autonomy and safety of women during childbirth, and their paths cross in a story of sorority and shared fights for justice.
- Partners & financing
- Coproduced with RTVE - Radio Televisión Española (Spain)
  
  Institut Valencià de Cultura (Spain)