主演:Neel Shah
导演:保拉·艾瑟特 托娅·刘易斯
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.