Making ‘Aftershock,’ a Documentary About Black Maternal Mortality - The New York Times

The directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee discuss their journey in making the documentary “Aftershock,” which shines a light on a national health crisis.

The film, streaming on Hulu, presents a litany of jarring facts for one, the explosion of cesarean births since the 1970s. The procedure, which is often more profitable for hospitals, results in sign… [+1049 chars]

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