余波2022

导演：保拉·艾瑟特 托娅·刘易斯 

演员：Neel Shah 

类型：纪录 电影 

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.