See the film here : http://www.viewchange.org/videos/the-edge-of-joy
Filmmaker Dawn Sinclair Shapiro honored with
Nafis Sadik Award for Courage
The Economist Film Project selects The Edge of Joy -
launching on PBS NewsHour 4/28/11
More information at The Wall Street Journal and indieWIRE.
Life and Death Matters Film Festival, Boulder, CO September 2, 2011
The Edge of Joy is a documentary film that follows an ensemble cast of Nigerian doctors, midwives and families to the frontlines of maternal care.
Inside a maternity ward, the film chronicles distressed labors, deaths, and miraculous survival. Outside, lack of blood supply transportation and family planning are examined as causes of the cycle that kills more than 36,000 Nigerian women each year.
The central characters in The Edge of Joy are the people deep within the Nigerian culture who know its misconceptions, its limitations, but also its capabilities. Narrated by award winning journalist, Eliza Griswold, and featuring animation by Yoni Goodman, this portrait of pregnancy and childbirth shows the consequences of poor maternal health as it explores the nuances and complexities of bringing emerging health technologies to the developing world.
"'The Edge of Joy' is a timely rallying cry against women accepting the perilous status quo.” Global Health Magazine
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Filmmaker Dawn Sinclair Shapiro honored with
Nafis Sadik Award for Courage
The Economist Film Project selects The Edge of Joy -
launching on PBS NewsHour 4/28/11
More information at The Wall Street Journal and indieWIRE.
Life and Death Matters Film Festival, Boulder, CO September 2, 2011
The Edge of Joy is a documentary film that follows an ensemble cast of Nigerian doctors, midwives and families to the frontlines of maternal care.
Inside a maternity ward, the film chronicles distressed labors, deaths, and miraculous survival. Outside, lack of blood supply transportation and family planning are examined as causes of the cycle that kills more than 36,000 Nigerian women each year.
The central characters in The Edge of Joy are the people deep within the Nigerian culture who know its misconceptions, its limitations, but also its capabilities. Narrated by award winning journalist, Eliza Griswold, and featuring animation by Yoni Goodman, this portrait of pregnancy and childbirth shows the consequences of poor maternal health as it explores the nuances and complexities of bringing emerging health technologies to the developing world.
"'The Edge of Joy' is a timely rallying cry against women accepting the perilous status quo.” Global Health Magazine
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