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Fighting for fertility / a Nova production by Larkin McPhee Productions, LLC for WGBH Boston ; written, produced and directed by Larkin McPhee.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
McPhee, Larkin, television producer, television director, screenwriter.
Obi-Melekwe, Nkeki, narrator.
Larking McPhee Productions, production company.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
Series:
Nova (Television program)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Infertility--Treatment.
Infertility.
Infertility--Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology.
Fertilization in vitro, Human.
Fertilization in vitro.
African Americans.
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted.
Fertilization in Vitro.
Black or African American.
Health Status Disparities.
United States.
african american.
Medical Subjects:
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted.
Fertilization in Vitro.
Black or African American.
Health Status Disparities.
United States.
Genre:
DVD-Video discs.
Science television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Distribution:
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2021]
Place of Publication:
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2021]
Language Note:
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video in English.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; stereo.
digital
optical
stereo
widescreen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
In the United States, ten percent of people who wish to have children struggle with infertility. NOVA explores barriers to fertility, from the social to the biological, and the state of assisted reproductive technologies. Follow the journeys of people navigating challenges from structural inequalities and racism to falling sperm counts, egg freezing, and IVF.
Participant:
Narrator, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe.
Credits:
Written, produced and directed by Larkin McPhee.
Notes:
Documentary.
"SDH subtitles (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
Originally produced as an episode of the television series: Nova.
Program content: ©2021.
Wide screen (16x9).
ISBN:
9781531713379
1531713378
0841887045124
OCLC:
1252642102
Publisher Number:
841887045124
NV62006 PBS

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