birth-defects
  • The Brood picture
    Movies

    The Brood (1979)

    A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized...

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    Movies

    The Mighty (1998)

    Friendship develops as a physically handicapped youngster (Kieran Culkin) teaches a fellow outcast...

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    Movies

    It's Alive

    A couple's (John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell) first baby emerges with fangs, wrecks the delivery room,...

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    Movies

    My Flesh and Blood (2003)

    Filmmaker Jonathan Karsh profiles Susan Tom, a woman who has adopted 11 children who are physically...

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    Smile (2005)

    Introduced to a volunteer opportunity with the Doctor's Gift Program, Katie (Mika Boorem) signs up...

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    Emmanuel's Gift (2005)

    The true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a disabled athlete from Ghana Africa who rode a bicycle...

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    Movies

    In Your Hands

    A minister in a women's prison finds her faith and confidence shaken by her surroundings.

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    Combat Shock (1986)

    A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and...

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    Being Different

    Don't confuse Being Different with those exploitational "freak show" documentaries of the 1950s....

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    Movies

    It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)

    The father (Michael Moriarty) of a monster baby goes where it and others like it have been banished...

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    Movies

    M for Mother

    Parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a...

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    TV

    Follow the Stars Home (2001)

    A determined woman raises her daughter, born with severe genetic abnormalities. She's helped...

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    TV

    Something the Lord Made (2004)

    While contending with racism during the '30s and '40s, lab technician (Mos Def) Vivien Thomas works...

  • About Face: The Wonders of Facial Surgery picture
    TV

    About Face: The Wonders of Facial Surgery (2001)

    Each year thousands of infants are born with facial anomalies or disfiguring birth defects. In the...

  • Born America: A March of Dimes Television Event picture
    TV

    Born America: A March of Dimes Television Event (1986)

    Originating live from Los Angeles, the 21-hour national telecast features top celebrities and...

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    TV

    Born Twice (2000)

    Documentary about spina bifida, a fairly common birth defect in which the fetal spinal cord does not...

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    TV

    The Broken Cord (1992)

    A television movie adapted from writer Michael Dorris's account of how his adopted Sioux Indian son...

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    TV

    Gulf War Babies (1996)

    Documentary examining the unusually high number of birth defects among children born to Persian Gulf...

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    TV

    A Private Matter (1992)

    A movie based on the 1962 headline story of a married couple who learn that their unborn child will...