Life Before Birth

Life Before Birth

7.5IMDb Score
Released:2005-03-06
Duration:120 min
Director:Toby Macdonald
Actors:Roger McGough, Dilly Barlow
Production:Pioneer Productions

Overview:

With cinematic storytelling, a moving musical score, computer animation, and 4D ultrasound images, this documentary accompanies a new human life from conception to birth, poetically describing developmental milestones and the human experience of living in a womb.

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