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A filmmaker journeys through diverse births, confronting cultural divides and personal fears, ultimately redefining the meaning of family.
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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.
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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.
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.