Mother (w/ Dominique Rémy)

In this pre-pandemic Working People recording that we thought was lost to history, we talk to filmmaker Dominique Rémy about her important full-length documentary on maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Black and Indigenous communities in the U.S.    Additional links/info below... Dominique's Twitter page Maternal Mortality Documentary Film Fund (please donate!) Linda Villarosa, New York Times, "Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis" Amy Roeder, Harvard Public Health, "America Is Failing Its Black Mothers" Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, "The U.S. Finally Has Better Maternal Mortality Data. Black Mothers Still Fare the Worst" Katy B. Kozhimannil, JAMA Health Forum, "Indigenous Maternal Health—A Crisis Demanding Attention" Elizabeth Chuck & Haimy Assefa, NBC News, "She Hoped to Shine a Light on Maternal Mortality Among Native Americans. Instead, She Became a Statistic of It"   Permanent links below... Working People Patreon page Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page   Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song" Evie Sands, "Shine for Me"