About Us

Diana Paul
Creative Director

Diana's move to Massachusetts proved a turning point for her and the start of Sage Femme, Inc. The laws in that state allowed her deep desire to help mothers and babies as a lay midwife to happen. She attended only home births. When some women wanted the birth videotaped, Diana took her small Sony 900 camera. It was unobtrusive and she was able to capture rare and beautiful images.

She also worked with a professional videographer interviewing midwives at conferences. In Austin, Texas, Diana met a very pregnant Naoli Vinaver Lopez, offered her a camera to tape Tamaya's birth and that was the beginning of Birth Day. Today Birth Day has been seen by tens of thousands of viewers. It was in 6 major film festivals in the US as well as Havana, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Birth Day was added to Boston's Museum of Science reproduction exhibit and marked the beginning of Sage Femme, Inc.

In 2004 Sage Femme moved its headquarters to California and changed from the business world to the nonprofit.

"Ms. Paul, what do you think of a woman's right to choose where and with whom she gives birth?" Washington DC Mall - September 24, 2003