Giving birth while Black is deadly in America. Documentary Aftershock is an essential look at the lives behind the numbers. nataliakeogan's review:
, the vital documentary co-directed by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee that explores the dismal state of the U.S.’s maternal mortality rate among Black women. Though the statistics alone are infuriating—namely the U.S. having the highest maternal mortality rate among all industrialized nations—platforms the stories of families who have lost a loved one due to this oft-overlooked healthcare crisis.
It’s an impressive feat to have hot tears streaming down viewers’ cheeks within the 10-minute mark, and even more impressive for the filmmakers to effectively channel that sadness into usable fervor. In this sense, the emotional journey of the viewer mimics that of the documentary’s subjects. Six months after Shamony’s passing, Omari hears of the death of 26-year-old Amber Rose Isaac, a fellow New Yorker who died after an emergency C-section.
After a consultation and tour of the facility, the couple is sold—particularly when the employee gives them a price estimate for the entire stay, which would be a mere $3,000. Though by no means “affordable,” that price tag is peanuts compared to the
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