Desc: The Business of Being Born: Directed by Abby Epstein. With Mary Helen Ayres, Julia Barnett, Sylvie Blaustein, Louann Brizendine. Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity care system in America.