The First Smile

The First Smile

2014 · 82 min · ★ 5.7 · Documentary

Midwives from around the world travel to Mexico and Brazil summoned by Naolí, a Mexican midwife, in order to learn further and make of their profession an art; just as mothers and fathers in the process of giving birth, they simultaneously open up their bodies and souls to share with us the feminine nature. The First Smile is an emotive work which recovers ancestral knowledge, that shouldn’t have been forgotten.

Directed by Guadalupe Sanchez Sosa

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