AnalarminglydisproportionatenumberofBlackwomenarefailedeveryyearbytheUSmaternalhealthsystemShamonyGibsonandAmberRoseIsaacwerevibrant,excitedmotherstobewhosedeathsduetochildbirthcomplicationswerepreventableNow,theirpartnersandfamiliesaredeterminedtosoundarallyingcryaroundthischillingyetlargelyignoredcrisis
DirectorsPaulaEiseltandTonyaLewisLeefollowGibson’sandIsaac’sbereavedpartners,OmariMaynardandBruceMcIntyre,astheyfightforjusticeandbuildcommunitiesofsupport,bondingespeciallywithothersurvivingBlackfathersTheirtragic,individualexperiencesarepunctuatedwithcondemninghistoricalcontext,showingthatgynecologyhasalongstandinghistoryofexploitingandneglectingBlackwomeninAmericaInthearrestingwordsofmothertobeFeliciaEllis,ABlackwomanhavingababyislikeaBlackmanatatrafficstopwiththepoliceSheemphasizesthatpayingattentionisparamountAftershockbringsanunsettlingrealitytotheforefrontwhileupliftingthefamilies,activists,andbirthworkerswhoarestrivingtobringinstitutionalchangeandlegislativereformThesemotherswillnotbeforgotten
