放放电影网为您介绍《好想生个美国宝宝》：MaternityhotelsacrossSouthernCaliforniahouseexpectingChinesemotherswhohavetraveledtotheU.S.onbirthingvacations…inordertogivebirthandobtainU.S.citizenshipfortheirbabies.InHowtoHaveanAmericanBaby,directorLeslieTaicreatesakaleidoscopicportraitofthisshadoweconomy,tracingthelinefromBeijingandShanghaitoLosAngeles.ThesewomenspendmonthsinAmericapreparingforbirth,oftentimesmakingsignificantsacrificessuchaslivingaloneinaforeigncountrywheretheyareunabletospeakthelanguage.Taiweavestogetherobservationalfootageofthewomen’slivesaswellastheindustrysurroundingthemtodemonstratethecomplexityandrestrictionsofbordersasfamiliesseekabetterlifefortheirchildren.(KS)Thisfilmcontainsimagesofmedicalproceduresandreferencestoinfantdeath.