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A Healthy Baby Girl
A Healthy Baby Girl

A HEALTHY BABY GIRL

Directed by Judith Helfand
United States, 1997
Documentary

Synopsis

When filmmaker Judith Helfand was 25, she learned she had a rare cervical cancer. The cause was the synthetic hormone DES (diethylstilbestrol), a drug her mother had taken to prevent miscarriages. This led to a radical hysterectomy for Judith and a five-year cinematic odyssey.

Synopsis

When filmmaker Judith Helfand was 25, she learned she had a rare cervical cancer. The cause was the synthetic hormone DES (diethylstilbestrol), a drug her mother had taken to prevent miscarriages. This led to a radical hysterectomy for Judith and a five-year cinematic odyssey.