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Newborn: With Dr. Berry Brazelton
| Length: | 28 min |
| Released: | 1978 |
| Ages: |
High School College Adult |
This handsomely photographed film documents the extraordinary capabilities of the newborn. It demonstrates the infant's readiness to face challenges, perceive its environment, and establish its individuality. Having begun to learn in the womb, the baby is particularly alert in the first few hours after birth - and is far from helpless.
Neonatal researchers Drs. Berry Brazelton, Lewis Lipsitt and Louis Sanders demonstrate the components of normal infant development and how these are measured. We see that the various reflexes used later for crawling, walking, and exploring are already present at birth.
The film goes beyond the strictly physical for it is a celebration of the wonder of new life and the "bonding" of mother and child.
Neonatal researchers Drs. Berry Brazelton, Lewis Lipsitt and Louis Sanders demonstrate the components of normal infant development and how these are measured. We see that the various reflexes used later for crawling, walking, and exploring are already present at birth.
The film goes beyond the strictly physical for it is a celebration of the wonder of new life and the "bonding" of mother and child.
"A truly extraordinary film!" - Gayle Cunningham, Bank Street College of Education
"Authoritative without being pedantic. Very moving." - Educational Film Library Association
"Authoritative without being pedantic. Very moving." - Educational Film Library Association
American Speech and Hearing Association, 1984
National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1982
American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1979
Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, 1978
National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1982
American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1979
Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, 1978
