简介: An alarmingly disproportionate number of Black women are failed every year by the U.S. maternal health system. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac were vibrant, excited mothers-to-be whose deaths due to childbirth complications were preventable. Now, their partners and families are determined to sound a rallying cry around this chilling yet largely ignored crisis. Directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee follow Gibson’s and Isaac’s bereaved partners, Omari Maynard and Bruce McIntyre, as they fight for justice and build communities of support, bonding especially with other surviving Black fathers. Their tragic, individual experiences are punctuated with condemning historical context, showing that gynecology has a long-standing history of exploiting and neglecting Black women in America. In the arresting words of mother-to-be Felicia Ellis, “A Black woman having a baby is like a Black man at a traffic stop with the police.” She emphasizes that paying attention is paramount. Aftershock brings an unsettling reality to the forefront while uplifting the families, activists, and birth workers who are striving to bring institutional change and legislative reform. These mothers will not be forgotten.
2.0 乌苏拉·科尔维罗/纳瓦·尼姆利/米格尔·安赫尔·西尔维斯特/阿尔瓦罗·莫奇/阿尔巴·弗洛雷斯/埃丝特·阿塞博/伊西娅尔·伊图诺/佩德罗·阿隆索/米盖尔·赫尔南/海因米·洛伦特/贝伦·奎斯塔/恩里克·阿尔切/霍威克·库区科利安/达尔科.佩里克/罗德里戈·德拉·塞尔纳/帕特里克·克里亚多/卢卡·佩洛斯/费尔南多·卡约/阿尔维托·阿玛里利亚/José Manuel Seda/