Some Babies die

Synopsis

An exploration of stillbirth and neonatal grief in the experience of two families. Shows the importance of allowing parents contact with a dead infant, so that natural grieving can take place. Features the work of Dr Peter Barr who specialises in counselling grieving families and has lost two babies himself.

Language

English

Country

Australia

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55 min.

Year of production

1986

Availability

Hire
Sale; 1996 sale: £49.50 (+VAT +p&p) (EMFV)

Uses

Hospital training centres.*

Subjects

Medical sciences; Social welfare

Keywords

babies; bereavement; counselling; stillbirth

Credits

Director

Martyn Langdon Down

Cast

Peter Barr

Production Company

Name

Langdon Films

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

Name

Viewtech Educational Media

Notes

NB. Viewtech ceased trading in 2014 and the company’s products are no longer in distribution