29th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival
presents
How to Have an American Baby
Thalian Black
November 16th - 3:45pm
Behind the closed doors of the Southern California suburbs there is a flourishing shadow economy—a patchwork industry catering to pregnant Chinese tourists who travel to the U.S. to give birth on American soil in order to obtain citizenship for their babies. Told through a series of interwoven storylines, the film traces the human supply chain of clients and birth tourism workers from Shanghai to Los Angeles—weaving private moments into a kaleidoscopic look at the lives, dreams, and dilemmas of specific individuals caught up in this global phenomenon.
Runtime: 113:00 - Director: Leslie Tai
