A lyrical, stirring and sometimes disturbing look at childbirth around the world. 130 million babies are born every year.
Your chances in life depend on where you were born. In Europe, 6 out of every 1,000 babies die before their first birthday.
In Africa, the number is 82. In the United States, one in three people becomes obese; in Cambodia, a child is more likely to be malnourished than to enter secondary school.
In Sierra Leone, one in eight mothers dies in childbirth. Through the stories of mothers and babies around the world, we learn how poverty affects birth, childhood and everything else.
According to the World Health Organization, 99 percent of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth live in developing countries.
Every half a minute, a woman dies from pregnancy-related causes, and nearly 50% of all maternal deaths globally each year occur in just eight countries.
Directed by: Brian Hill
