The Milky Way /

"The U.S. has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world, despite the fact it is the natural way to feed an infant. How did breastfeeding become the exception rather than the norm in America? And what would it take to restore this most natural act to its rightful place in society? The M...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Fitzgerald, Jon (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Davidson, Jennifer (Producer, Screenwriter), Molnar, Chantal (Producer, Screenwriter), Perry, Meredith Raithel (Screenwriter), Rosner, Amy (Screenwriter)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed captioned.
Published:	[San Francisco, California] : The Video Project, [2014]
Subjects:	Breastfeeding. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	"The U.S. has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world, despite the fact it is the natural way to feed an infant. How did breastfeeding become the exception rather than the norm in America? And what would it take to restore this most natural act to its rightful place in society? The Milky Way follows two accomplished lactation specialists, pediatric nurses Jennifer Davidson and Chantal Molnar, on a journey to discover how pervasive formula marketing and the modern challenges of motherhood changed the perception of breastfeeding in America, and why in other countries breastfeeding remains the standard"--
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD video; stereographic sound.
Production Credits:	Editor, Meredith Raithel Perry, Amy Rosner ; director of photography, Dean Mitchell ; music, Kim Allen Kluge, Kathryn Vassar Kluge.