Attention all birth advocates – every think of trying your hand at creating a 5 minute educational film about birth? Here’s your chance!!
Announcing a birth video/documentary contest! $1000 prize!
Birth Matters Virginia (an organization that works to promote an
evidence-based model of maternity care) is inviting mothers, fathers,
filmmakers, film students, birth advocates, and others to create a 4-7
minute educational video about birth. The first-place winner will
receive a cash prize of $1000. Second place $500 and an “honorable
mention” prize of $100 will also be awarded. The deadline for entering
the contest is Mother’s Day, May 10, 2009.
Guest judges include: Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, acclaimed producers
of the Business of Being Born and Sarah J. Buckley., MD, international
birth expert and author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering. Ricki,
Abby, and Sarah will join a consumer-based panel of judges who will be
evaluating the tone, educational content, creativity and more. You
don’t have to be a professional to enter and you don’t have to be from
Virginia.
As the national rate of c-sections surpasses 30% and the U.S. ranks
41st in terms of maternal mortality, it is more important than ever
for women and their partners to be educated about the options they
have during pregnancy and birth.
For rules and to see how to enter, please visit
http://www.birthmattersva.org/videocontest.html
You can also join our Facebook group to get updates about the contest
and exchange ideas with other participants at
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73753459808
And if you have questions, email Sarah at Richmond@birthmattersva.org
Even if you don’t plan to make a video or submit an entry, please pass
this email on to everyone you can think of. There is great potential
for this contest to dramatically increase the exposure of “mainstream”
audiences to evidence-based care. We want to get as many people to
enter as we possibly can so that YouTube is inundated with videos
about mother- and baby-friendly pregnancy and birth care.
Pass it on!
Thank you!!
Hi, I submitted a video on the importance of the female community in influencing a mother’s experience and molding her new mother identity, if you’d like to see it, here is the link: