NYC PREMIERE Amid a looming maternal health crisis and vanishing reproductive freedom, the government interferes in the traditional practice of midwifery in a rural Mennonite community. When three midwives are arrested, the usually sequestered women decide to reclaim their rights by challenging the state’s decision. A little-known resistance filmed with extraordinary access to a reticent community tells us how the erosion of women’s rights is ever-pervasive, and the only way out is through intersectionality. - Bedatri D. Choudhury
The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Elaine Epstein and film participants Elizabeth Catlin, Kathleen Zimmerman, and others.
The second screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Elaine Epstein, producer Robin Hessman, and film participant/lawyer Michael Sussman.
All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.