Birthing Justice Film Screening & Discussion

1201 North 3rd Street,Baton Rouge LA 70802

17 April, 2023

Description

The Amandla Group and partners, Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies, Birthmark Doula Collective, Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge, Center for Black Health, H.E.R. Institute, Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, Sista Midwife Productions, Maternal Love, Saul’s Light, March of Dimes, and A Caring Season Doula, are hosting a free screening of the film, Birthing Justice, on April 17 at 5:30pm. The audience for this event includes policymakers, healthcare providers, birth workers, and health associations. It will be followed by a brief policy focused panel discussion. BIRTHING JUSTICE is a feature length documentary whose purpose is two-fold: to discuss issues fueling the maternal health crisis within the African American community and to advocate for best practices to enhance birthing equity for all women, especially Black women. The film explores this national epidemic via four regions — Washington, D.C., Augusta, GA, several areas in Missouri, and California, interviewing those affected by current policies, i.e. birthing individuals and healthcare providers, as well as those, such as birthing advocates, activists and policymakers, at the forefront of advancing policy change. BIRTHING JUSTICE flips the victim-blaming narrative, centering on the lived experiences of Black women and their advocates as they fix a broken system and transform the future, one birth at a time. www.birthingjustice.com