Birth From the Earth (Short Film) Screening License
Your contribution/film licensing fee supports the filmmaker and Birth From the Earth non-profit organization. Thank you for your support! This inspiring and insightful documentary features Nubia Earth Martin, the founder of Birth From the Earth, a non-profit dedicated to making home birth safe, sacred, and accessible to those who need it the most. As a midwife and educator, Nubia has made it her mission to address maternal health disparities that negatively impact BIPOC women, mothers, babies, and their families. The film features mothers and partners empowering home birth experiences and intimate photos and videos documenting the magical side of birthing at home. All of the families and mothers in the film requested to be featured, as a way to visually share their birth stories. We hear so many negative stories and continuous news coverage of how Black mothers are dying, and that birth is dangerous and scary. The people who contributed to the film all had a desire to share a different perspective– one of our foremothers and great-grandmothers who all successfully brought forth life in a beautiful way, so that we– their descendants, would be able to uplift these stories in the present day. Full consent was obtained by all, and throughout the editing process, those featured in the film were consulted for feedback and to ensure that their stories were being shared accurately, and their images were being used with integrity.Ways to Support:– Donate to the Birth From the Earth Non-profit organization– Donate to the Amber Rose Isaac: Access to Homebirth Fund– Earth Groundz Academy offers birth worker and community trainings rooted in holistic and cultural practicesPlease contact Katy Mejia for screening requests. It also helps to write a Letterboxd review so others can discover the film!Director – Katy W. Mejia / Things Are Changing Productions Producers – Betty Bastidas, Natasha Scully, Katy W. MejiaEditor/Colorist – Natasha ScullyCamera – Betty Bastidas, Natasha Scully, Katy W. MejiaExecutive Producers – Angel Gates Fonseca, Laura KandelFunded by HUDSY Community Content Fund
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