AT HOME IN MAINE: A DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES AND WEB RESOURCE ABOUT

Childbirth is a contested site of public, professional and academic debate and discourse. This begins with a woman's body and her right to choose to give birth. Once a woman has chosen to give birth, the focus of the debate shifts to her baby, the practitioner attending the birth, that is, the doctor or midwife—or the choice to have an unassisted birth-and the actual location of the birth. "At Home in Maine [AHIM] " is a documentary film series and web resource that addresses an underrepresented area of discourse about Maine: contemporary homebirth and midwifery culture. Homebirth and midwifery care are often historicized in scholarly discourses, as seen in "A Midwife's Tale (Ulrich, 1991)," concerning the life and career of 18th century midwife Martha Moore Ballard. Homebirth has also been marginalized in the mainstream, though that may be changing with the recent release of a CDC report stating that in the United States, homebirth is on the rise (McDorman, Declercq and Matthews, 2011). Homebirth and midwifery care is also an underrepresented area in feminist discourse. AHIM frames this subject as part of the domain of choices in childbirth