简介:AnalarminglydisproportionatenumberofBlackwomenarefailedeveryyearbytheU.S.maternalhealthsystem.ShamonyGibsonandAmberRoseIsaacwerevibrant,excitedmothers-to-bewhosedeathsduetochildbirthcomplicationswerepreventable.Now,theirpartnersandfamiliesaredeterminedtosoundarallyingcryaroundthischillingyetlargelyignoredcrisis. DirectorsPaulaEiseltandTonyaLewisLeefollowGibson’sandIsaac’sbereavedpartners,OmariMaynardandBruceMcIntyre,astheyfightforjusticeandbuildcommunitiesofsupport,bondingespeciallywithothersurvivingBlackfathers.Theirtragic,individualexperiencesarepunctuatedwithcondemninghistoricalcontext,showingthatgynecologyhasalong-standinghistoryofexploitingandneglectingBlackwomeninAmerica.Inthearrestingwordsofmother-to-beFeliciaEllis,“ABlackwomanhavingababyislikeaBlackmanatatrafficstopwiththepolice.”Sheemphasizesthatpayingattentionisparamount.Aftershockbringsanunsettlingrealitytotheforefrontwhileupliftingthefamilies,activists,andbirthworkerswhoarestrivingtobringinstitutionalchangeandlegislativereform.Thesemotherswillnotbeforgotten.
康柯纳·森·沙尔玛,布米·佩德卡尔,维金兰特·马西,AMOL,PARASHAR,KALP,SHAH
埃尔林·哈兰德,马丁·厄德高,斯塔勒·索尔巴肯,安东尼奥·努萨