"American Delivery" Film - Virtual Screening & Discussion

This film runs 85 thought provoking minutes. After the screening, we will remain in the Zoom room with experts in their fields of maternal health for a discussion and Q&A session.

American Delivery is a response to the urgent maternal mortality crisis gripping the United States, particularly affecting women of color. Amidst this turmoil, nurses emerge as pivotal figures, striving to mend the fragmented maternal health safety net and offer hope to expectant mothers. American Delivery highlights nurses’ transformative impact and community efforts through stories of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum challenges.

We will discuss how the film made us feel, what we learned and brainstorm on positive change! We will explore how doulas are one part of the solution, how education of consumers is another, how access to midwifery care is a MUST, and how the insurance, liability, big pharma and fearscape taught in our universities has been shaping th…