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Life Before Birth

7.520052h MovieDocumentary

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.

DirectorToby Macdonald
WriterToby Macdonald
ProducerToby Macdonald

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Cast · Directed by Toby Macdonald

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Roger McGough
Himself / Poet
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Dilly Barlow
Narrator

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