Doula Diaries Series
In partnership with Black Women Birthing Justice and with funding from the Creative Work Fund, Born for This director Jen Gilomen has created a series of short documentaries that highlight the important role of doulas in advocating for and supporting Black birthing people.
The series has now launched on Kinema, where you can host your own screening or stream the films now.
Synopsis
Determined not to become another statistic of the Black maternal health crisis, Janeé Washington and her husband Josh choose the rare option of hiring an experienced midwife and doula and planning to give birth at home, away from the hospital and all of its interventions. But the baby has other plans. This is the story of the birth of one baby, with its family caught between two very different approaches to childbirth.
