How to Have an American Baby is a kaleidoscopic voyage into the shadow economy that caters to Chinese tourists who travel to the US to give birth in order to obtain citizenship for their babies. Told through a series of intimately observed vignettes, the story of a hidden global economy emerges–depicting the fortunes and tragedies that befall the ordinary people caught in its web.

A BIG BELLY WOMAN Production
A Co-Production of AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY | POV
In Association with FIELD OF VISION, FORK FILMS, and TWO TIGERS PRODUCTIONS

Now available for institutional purchase and educational use via Grasshopper Film

“Sprawling in scope, observational in form and jaw-dropping in access”
— Lauren Wissot, FIlmmaker Magazine
“Entrancing and heartrending. Strikingly tender”
— Lauren Mechling, The Guardian
“A solid piece of film journalism”
— Scott Phillips, Forbes