Made in India
TFI Suppport
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Made in India traces the human experiences behind the phenomenon of outsourcing surrogate mothers. Intimate stories of infertile Americans and Indian surrogates reveal complex relationships between global economics, families in crisis, and personal choice.
Rebecca Haimowitz
Director, Co-Producer
Rebecca Haimowitz received her MFA in Filmmaking from Columbia University's Graduate School of the Arts, where she was awarded Faculty Honors and also worked as a Screenwriting Instructor. Her short film, Follow Me, screened at several international film festivals (including SXSW and Woodstock International Film Festival). Rebecca has directed several documentary films, including a piece about a summer camp for autistic children, a youth-produced series on over-policing in NYC schools (funded by the NYCLU), and a work-in-progress called "Soundproof," a personal film about deafness in her family (recently featured on NPR's "Weekend Edition" website). Rebecca is committed to creating films that reveal the human side behind social and political issues. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Erin Heidenreich
Executive Producer
Erin Heidenreich directs, writes, and produces award-winning documentaries, short films and branded content. Her voice has been shaped by the cultures she has immersed herself in across the globe. Erin is currently directing her first feature length documentaries, THE WAR TO BE HER set in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan and SONS OF CONGO documenting men’s stories in "the rape capital of the world". Erin has produced four documentaries: THE OTHER SHORE (SXSW 2014) about 61 year old Diana Nyad’s attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, MISSION CONGO (TIFF 2014) uncovering televangelist Pat Robertson’s diamond mining operations, LEVITATED MASS (LAFF 2014) chronicling Michael Heizer’s controversial art piece, and MADE IN INDIA (HOT DOCS 2010) illustrating the trend of outsourcing surrogates.