Made in India

Made in India is a feature length documentary film about the human experiences behind the phenomena of "outsourcing" surrogate mothers to India. The film shows the journey of an infertile American couple, an Indian surrogate and the reproductive outsourcing business that brings them together. 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.

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Rebecca Haimowitz received her MFA in Filmmaking from Columbia University's Graduate School of the Arts. 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). She is committed to creating films that reveal the human side behind social and political issues.  She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.



Vaishali Sinha co-directed the short documentary "Red Roses," exploring the lives of South Asian women who come to the United States via marriage & family obligations, which garnered critical reviews and traveled to numerous festivals. She is currently co directing a film on young people in Kashmir. Vaishali has also edited and directed films for organizations such as Manavi and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission on issues ranging from violence against women to grassroots activism against discrimination based on gender and sexuality. In the past she has worked at Videoline productions with Richard Wormser (Dir: Rise and Fall of Jim Crow) to create films for PBS. Vaishali uses filmmaking as a platform to explore and discuss socially sensitive issues. She is from Mumbai currently residing in Brooklyn, NY.