Abby Epstein

Abby Epstein

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Abby Epstein is a theater and film director known for her documentaries The Business of Being Born, Weed the People and The Business of Birth Control. Other films include V-Day: Until the Violence Stops and More Business of Being Born Series. Her stage directing credits include RENT, (Bway Tour, Mexico, Spain) and The Vagina Monologues (National Tour, Mexico)

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The Business of Being Born 2008 (6.6)

Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity care system in America
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Weed the People 2018 (7)

The uplifting and heart-wrenching struggles of families who treat their cancer-stricken children with marijuana, some with astonishing results.
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The Business of Birth Control 2021 (2)

There can be no real gender justice without an unpacking of the power structures surrounding the reproductive health industry complex—and of the choices that the market pushes on women. Abby Epstein’s latest documentary highlights the dark history of eugenics and underfunded research that the birth control pill, often heralded as a feminist turning point in the history of reproductive rights, hides within itself.