Synopsis

MADE IN INDIA

(USA/INDIA, 2010, 97 Minutes, Hindi and English)

Trailer: http://www.madeinindiamovie.com/

Made in India is a film about
the human experiences behind the phenomena of "outsourcing" surrogate
mothers to India. It shows the physical, moral, and emotional risks that
middle-class Westerners and poor Indian women take when they sign a surrogacy
contract. The film traces the journey of an infertile American couple, an
Indian surrogate and the reproductive outsourcing business that brings them
together. Lisa and Brian Switzer have exhausted all other expensive and painful
options of getting pregnant. Still, Lisa is determined not to give up on her
dream of having children. After considerable soul-searching, the Switzers
contact a California-based reproductive outsourcing business. Meanwhile in
Mumbai we meet Aalia, the cheerful young mother of three who is contracted to
carry the Switzers’ baby for a price. Weaving together these personal stories within
the context of a growing international industry, MADE IN INDIA explores a complicated
clash of families in crisis, reproductive technology, and choice from a global
perspective.

Crew

Directors: Rebecca Haimowitz & Vaishali Sinha.
Producers: Rebecca Haimowitz & Vaishali Sinha. Co-Executive Producer: The
Fledgling Fund, Chicken & Egg Pictures. Executive Producer: Erin
Heidenriech. Editor: Myles Kane. Directors of Photography: Adri Thakur, Basia
Winograd, Rebecca Haimowitz, Vaishali Sinha Music Composer: Amritha Vaz