SummaryFollowing the deaths of two young women due to childbirth complications, two bereaved families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises today: the US maternal health crisis.
Directed By:Paula Eiselt, Tonya Lewis Lee
Aftershock
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Universal Acclaim
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Universal Acclaim
100% Positive
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Jul 19, 2022
100
Though heartbreaking to watch, if not triggering, Aftershock remains essential viewing as it reveals another, underseen front in the unending battle for equality in the United States.
Jul 19, 2022
91
Aftershock is a powerful project inspired by loss, one that aims to move us closer to a world where all women, and especially Black women, are listened to and given the birthing experiences they deserve, so that we can one day begin to see an end to the abysmal statistics on maternal mortality in the United States.
Jul 19, 2022
90
The tried and true way to break viewers’ hearts is to make them care deeply. Aftershock wastes no time in doing just that.
Jul 19, 2022
90
It’s a clear-eyed, but by no means exhaustive, documentary that investigates this underreported crisis without losing sight of the people processing the depths of their loss.
Jul 19, 2022
85
In exposing the horrifying reality of giving birth while Black—and providing tangible alternatives for increasingly dangerous hospital births—Aftershock might very well save lives. Most importantly, the film immortalizes two mothers whose deaths never should have occurred, giving space for the innumerable victims of this crisis to similarly take action and memorialize those they’ve lost to senseless medical racism.
Jul 22, 2022
80
Eiselt and Lee cover how these families — and in particular the fathers left behind by their partners’ passing — are still coping with unexpected loss. The film also provides some history lessons on how Black women have been either exploited or ignored by the medical establishment.
Jul 19, 2022
80
Aftershock is a moving ode to Black families in a society where too many forces work to tear them apart.
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Nov 9, 2022
9
Não há como não ser empático à situação descrita nesse poderoso documentário, que mescla a luta feminista por atendimento humanizado, ainda fala sobre o racismo estrutural das mulheres negras e também levanta pontos importantes sobre a saúde pública nos EUA.
Obviamente o documentário, já com um poderoso arsenal, sobrecarrega o drama com a trilha sonora e com a edição esperta o suficiente para focar em trechos que destacam a dor e a morte, os riscos, a violência simbólica e física que afetam as famílias. Potente.
Aug 17, 2022
2
Not a single mention of Margarete Sanger The old white racist who gave us contraception and black-targetted genocide. That's right, unPlanned Parent's goal in her on words was to wipe out the dark skinned people like myself. How was this then a documentary?
Production Company:
- Impact Partners
- Madstone Company
- Malka Films
Release Date:Jul 19, 2022
Duration:1 h 26 m
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 2 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
