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