Birth Justice Film Festival

September 21, 23, & 26

We will officially kick off The Art of Birthing on September 21, 2020 with the start of our Birth Justice Film Festival.  Through the film festival we aim to introduce educational, engaging and thought provoking documentaries. This year, we will be creating a national virtual watch party experience and will be joined by the directors, producers, and stars of the featured documentaries during our after viewing panel discussions!  Be sure to purchase your Virtually Vibin' Box so you will be ready when the documentaries roll!

Bringin' In Da Spirit ♦ Monday, September 21st

Through the use of first person narrative and rare archival images, this documentary provides a moving glimpse of the women who have skillfully brought scores of children across the threshold of existence. Narrated by Phylicia Rashad, this evocative and passionate film celebrates women who have committed themselves to holistic answers amidst powerful misconceptions about the practice of midwifery and virulent opposition from practitioners of Western medicine.

Viewing: 5:30pm - 7:00pm CST     

Discussion: 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST 

♦  3:30pm - 6:00pm PST

♦  6:00pm - 7:00pm PST

These Are My Hours ♦ Wednesday, September 23rd

A blueprint for instinctual, mammalian, human birth. These Are My Hours tells the story of a person’s first transformation, being born. This documentary film unveils the secret that birth is also a source of feminist empowerment and an act of revolution. Discover what autonomous birth looks like, and hear what it means as a laboring woman narrates her own experience of birthing a child. 

Viewing: 5:30pm - 7:00pm CST 

Discussion: 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST

♦ 3:30pm - 6:00pm PST

♦ 6:00pm - 7:00pm PST

Chocolate Milk ♦ Saturday, September 26

Chocolate Milk is an exploration of the racial divide in breastfeeding. Told through the narratives of three African American women: a new mother, a midwife and a WIC lactation educator, the film seeks to answer the longstanding question of why more African American women are not breastfeeding. 

Viewing: 2:30pm - 4:30pm CST

Discussion: 4:30pm - 5:30pm CST

♦ 12:30pm - 2:30pm PST

♦ 2:30pm - 3:30pm PST

Eggs Over Easy ♦ Saturday, September 26th

The intention of this documentary is to shed light on the ups and downs of fertility in the lives of Black women primarily as a means of uncovering the “taboo topic” and sounding an alarm for younger women to be aware of and proactive in their reproductive options. 

Viewing: 6:00pm - 7:00pm CST 

Discussion: 7:00pm - 8:00pm CST

♦  4:00pm - 6:00pm PST

♦  6:00pm - 7:00pm PST