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.
3.0 尼尔·阿姆斯特朗/迈克尔·柯林斯/巴兹·奥德林/迪克·斯雷顿/克利福德·E·查尔斯沃思/查尔斯·杜克/吉因·克兰兹/吉姆·洛威尔/约翰·肯尼迪/珍妮特·阿姆斯特朗/琼·安·阿彻/沃尔特·克朗凯特/林登·贝恩斯·约翰逊/格林·伦尼/理查德·尼克松/休·欧布莱恩/Bruce McCandless II/H. David Reed/Bill Anders/Patricia Mary Finnegan/Andy Aldrin/