World Premiered October 28, 2019 on PBS's Independent Lens
“Made in Boise is an EYE-OPENING look at how this red state-based 'unofficial surrogacy capital' of the US is redefining family in surprisingly progressive ways.”
- Filmmaker Magazine
"A FASCINATING look at surrogates and intending parents, as well as the medical and legal professionals that make surrogacy possible."
- Deadline
"Made in Boise is a film full of COMPASSION, HEART, and an INTIMATE entry point into the human side of commercial surrogacy in the U.S."
- Motherly
- Filmmaker Magazine
"A FASCINATING look at surrogates and intending parents, as well as the medical and legal professionals that make surrogacy possible."
- Deadline
"Made in Boise is a film full of COMPASSION, HEART, and an INTIMATE entry point into the human side of commercial surrogacy in the U.S."
- Motherly
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BETH AALA, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Beth Aala is a three-time Emmy award-winning producer and recipient of a Peabody Award for her documentary work at HBO. Beth’s most recent feature documentary, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman (Sundance, 2017), which she co-directed and produced. Beth was nominated for the 2015 News and Documentary Emmy Awards for her film, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (Toronto International Film Festival, 2013), which she directed and produced with Mike Myers. It won the 2014 Hollywood Film Award for best documentary.
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Her directorial debut, Pool Party is the untold story of McCarren Pool turned music venue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, featuring music and performances by the Beastie Boys, The Breeders, M.I.A, Sharon Jones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo. It played in festivals around the world.
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BETH LEVISON, PRODUCER
Beth Levison is an Emmy and Peabody-winning producer/director. Her producing credits include Made in Boise (Independent Lens 2019), The Trials of Spring (PBS 2019) and 32 Pills (HBO 2017). She is the founder of Hazel Pictures, a co-founder of the Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA), an AMPAS member and faculty with the School of Visual Arts.
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Made in Boise
Directed by Beth Aala
Run time: 85 min. Public Performance Rights Licensing:
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Synopsis:
Four women find purpose carrying babies for strangers in the conservative heartland of Boise, Idaho - the unregulated and unofficial “surrogacy capital” of the United States - and encounter unexpected complexities along the way. |
In all-American Boise, Idaho, an unexpected industry has emerged - commercial surrogacy. Here, one in fifteen mothers will carry a baby for a stranger at some point in her life. Its local hospital, St. Luke’s, has developed and runs the most comprehensive surrogacy program of its kind in the country. MADE IN BOISE is the surprising story of four women who find purpose carrying other people’s babies here - the unofficial “surrogacy capital” of the United States - and encounter unexpected complexities along the way.
