AnalarminglydisproportionatenumberofBlackwomenarefailedeveryyearbytheUSmaternalhealthsystemShamonyGibsonandAmberRoseIsaacwerevibrant,excitedmotherstobewhosedeathsduetochildbirthcomplicationswerepreventableNow,theirpartnersandfamiliesaredeterminedtosoundarallyingcryaroundthischillingyetlargelyignoredcrisis　　DirectorsPaulaEiseltandTonyaLewisLeefollowGibson’sandIsaac’sbereavedpartners,OmariMaynardandBruceMcIntyre,astheyfightforjusticeandbuildcommunitiesofsupport,bondingespeciallywithothersurvivingBlackfathersTheirtragic,individualexperiencesarepunctuatedwithcondemninghistoricalcontext,showingthatgynecologyhasalongstandinghistoryofexploitingandneglectingBlackwomeninAmericaInthearrestingwordsofmothertobeFeliciaEllis,ABlackwomanhavingababyislikeaBlackmanatatrafficstopwiththepoliceSheemphasizesthatpayingattentionisparamountAftershockbringsanunsettlingrealitytotheforefrontwhileupliftingthefamilies,activists,andbirthworkerswhoarestrivingtobringinstitutionalchangeandlegislativereformThesemotherswillnotbeforgotten