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About Abby Epstein
Abby Epstein is the director of The Business of Being Born. She made her film directing debut at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the award-winning documentary feature UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS. The film, featuring playwright and activist Eve Ensler, explored how The Vagina Monologues grew into an international grassroots movement called V-Day to stop violence against women and girls. After premiering at Sundance, the film played at the Miami, Santa Barbara, Maui and Locarno Film Festivals and won the Golden Audience Award at the Amnesty International Film Festival in Vancouver. UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS had its broadcast premiere on Lifetime Television in a commercial-free presentation and received a Gracie Allen and an Emmy Award...
Posts by Abby
Our Interview with Christy Turlington
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted by Abby Epstein in Celebrity Births ⋅ 1 Comment »
Last Wednesday, we were thrilled to interview Christy Turlington for our upcoming DVD. We went to her Tribeca loft and sat down for an intimate talk about her childbirth ... Continue reading this post...Report from Rio
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted by Abby Epstein in C-Sections, Hospital Birth ⋅ 21 Comments »
By all outward appearances, Rio de Janeiro (and Brazil in general) is amazingly baby-friendly. At the airport, there is a special line for families with children and pregnant women, there ... Continue reading this post...Down on The Farm
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted by Abby Epstein in Amazing Midwives, Birth Centers ⋅ 28 Comments »
Right before Thanksgiving, Ricki and I got to fulfill a dream…visiting Ina May Gaskin at The Farm in Tennessee. We had always wanted to film Ina May at The Farm ... Continue reading this post...CNN Story: Stress and Pregnancy
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted by Abby Epstein in Miscellaneous ⋅ Comments »
Ricki and I found this CNN story about stress affecting pregnancy quite interesting. It seemed especially relevant that the highest risk group was women who are in their first ... Continue reading this post...Abby Interviewed on GivingBirthNaturally.com
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted by Abby Epstein in Miscellaneous, Responses to the Film ⋅ 2 Comments »
From http://www.givingbirthnaturally.com/business-of-being-born.html The Business of Being Born An Interview with Abby Epstein, Director and Producer of The Business of Being Born Q: As a self-proclaimed homebirth skeptic before "The Business of Being ... Continue reading this post...Update from Abby and Ricki
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted by Abby Epstein in Miscellaneous ⋅ 2 Comments »
August 26, 2008 Earlier this month, we had a fabulous couple days shooting in LA for our new DVD. Our friend and childbirth educator Ana Paula Markel held a screening ... Continue reading this post...Welcome to Ricki’s Room!
Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted by Abby Epstein in Miscellaneous ⋅ Comments »
We are so excited to launch “Ricki’s Room” and bring all the amazing contacts we have made in the birthing world into one virtual room. (Also, thanks to Cotton Babies/Bum ... Continue reading this post...