AnalarminglydisproportionatenumberofBlackwomenarefailedeveryyearbytheU.S.maternalhealthsystem.ShamonyGibsonandAmberRoseIsaacwerevibrant,excitedmothers-to-bewhosedeathsduetochildbirthcomplicationswerepreventable.Now,theirpartnersandfamiliesaredeterminedtosoundarallyingcryaroundthischillingyetlargelyignoredcrisisaaa DirectorsPaulaEiseltandTonyaLewisLeefollowGibson’sandIsaac’sbereavedpartners,OmariMaynardandBruceMcIntyre,astheyfightforjusticeandbuildcommunitiesofsupport,bondingespeciallywithothersurvivingBlackfathers.Theirtragic,individualexperiencesarepunctuatedwithcondemninghistoricalcontext,showingthatgynecologyhasalong-standinghistoryofexploitingandneglectingBlackwomeninAmerica.Inthearrestingwordsofmother-to-beFeliciaEllis,“ABlackwomanhavingababyislikeaBlackmanatatrafficstopwiththepolice.”Sheemphasizesthatpayingattentionisparamount.Aftershockbringsanunsettlingrealitytotheforefrontwhileupliftingthefamilies,activists,andbirthworkerswhoarestrivingtobringinstitutionalchangeandlegislativereform.Thesemotherswillnotbeforgotten.
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