• 2015
  • 52m
On the Spot: Around the World in 9 Months

Summary On The Spot's series on birth around the world - how babies are born and what awaits them in a tribal hut, in a war zone, in the biggest Syrian refugee camp, and more. By the end of production the filmmakers had captured the first moments of life across five continents and culminated their personal journey by welcoming their own child into the world, resulting in one of the most personal documentary seasons in Central Europe. After its release on public television, the films were screened at universities for future midwifes plus were presented at different exhibitions about medicine and birth. View more details

  • 2015
  • 52m

On the Spot: Around the World in 9 Months

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 13, 2015

Countries of origin : Philippines Mexico Indonesia Syria

Official sites : Official Website

Language : Hungarian

Production companies : Spot Productions

Summary On The Spot's series on birth around the world - how babies are born and what awaits them in a tribal hut, in a war zone, in the biggest Syrian refugee camp, and more. By the end of production the filmmakers had captured the first moments of life across five continents and culminated their personal journey by welcoming their own child into the world, resulting in one of the most personal documentary seasons in Central Europe. After its release on public television, the films were screened at universities for future midwifes plus were presented at different exhibitions about medicine and birth. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 13, 2015

Countries of origin : Philippines Mexico Indonesia Syria

Official sites : Official Website

Language : Hungarian

Production companies : Spot Productions

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On the Spot: Around the World in 9 Months (2015)

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Episode 1 • Sep 13, 2015
Born a Refugee
As the Syrian civil war rages on, refugees still stream across the Jordanian border searching for relief in Zaatari, the largest Syrian refugee camp in the Middle East. There, a mother gives birth to little Ibrahim, a baby with no citizenship and no country. The rest of the family lives day by day in the camp, and the father is restless. He craves his return to war-torn Syria, no matter the risk. This creates a rift in the family, and the raw emotion is just one intimate moment of many in this rare look into the daily lives of refugees. It is a unique perspective of a family caught in a global crisis. As the family grapples with their future, baby Ibrahim sits in the middle of it all. What awaits him in the world as a Syrian refugee? Let us see what happens.
Episode 2 • Sep 27, 2015
Alejandra
Episode 3 • Oct 11, 2015
Four Births
Episode 4 • Oct 25, 2015
Angelina
Episode 5 • Nov 08, 2015
Manar
Manar, a pregnant Palestinian mother is struggling to survive after her house was bombed and destroyed in Gaza just a few weeks before her due date. Her husband barely made it alive and his brother died in the house. Manar now fears toxic stress will affect her newborn child. As the entire family rallies together and searches for a new apartment, despair hangs over them like a dark cloud.
Episode 6 • Nov 22, 2015
Whales
Episode 7 • Dec 08, 2015
Domestic Violance
Episode 8 • Dec 20, 2015
Bali
Episode 9 • Jan 10, 2016
Midwives
Episode 10 • Jan 25, 2016
Dachau
Leslie Rosenthal visits Dachau on the 75th anniversary of liberation and attends Angela Merkel's speech. He shares a unique bond with the camp: he was born behind the fences in the last weeks of World War Two. While he comes to terms with being one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust, his 93 year old mother Miriam is the last woman alive to share her experience of giving birth in a concentration camp.
Episode 11 • Feb 07, 2016
Gaza and the Philippines
American-Filipino midwife Robin Lim visited the Philippines after super typhoon Yolanda hit the islands in 2013. She opened Bumi Wada - a maternity and health clinic that supports gentle birth and takes care of mothers during their pregnancies. The clinic was created as a temporary facility but after two years it is still open. Women from the entire region come to give birth in "Bumi" because the service is free and available for everyone who cannot or do not want to go to a hospital - An ocean away in the Gaza Strip, Hanin and her family had never thought of leaving Gaza City. Not even when their home was destroyed just a few weeks before her due date. Few days had passed since the end of the latest war, which has claimed the lives of 2000 people. Giving birth in a war-stricken area holds enormous risks for both mother and child. In the hospital, while Hanin is in the delivery room her female relatives talk about how their pregnancy was affected by the war a few years back. After a long and painful delivery Hanin gives birth to a beautiful and healthy girl. The next day the whole family is together preparing the traditional welcoming ceremony of the newest family member. First, the grandmother bathes the baby in fragranced water, flowers, gold and money, then each person has to hold her in their arms.
Episode 12 • Feb 19, 2016
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