Film summary

How to Have an American Baby is a kaleidoscopic voyage into the shadow economy catering to Chinese tourists who travel to the US to give birth for citizenship. 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 Co-Presentation with Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative from The WNET Group. Streaming Until March 10th
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Introduction

This list of fiction and nonfiction books, compiled by Jeremy Davies, MMLIS, of San Diego Public Library, provides a range of perspectives on the issues raised by the POV documentary How to Have an American Baby.