The American Dream
Celebrate the grand opening of the Marin Family Birth Center as well as choices in childbirth and view Paolo Patruno’s latest documentary on maternal health disparities. After filming mothers across Africa, Patruno focuses on women in the United States who face more maternal health challenges than women in any other industrialized country. In the U.S., two women die every day from pregnancy-related causes – a rate that has increased over the past 25 years. Black women are the most in danger and are four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women. The American Dream profiles the work of Jennie Joseph, a British-trained midwife, women’s health advocate, the founder of Commonsense Childbirth, who created a revolution in prenatal care. Alarmed by high prematurity, illness and mortality among low income and uninsured women, she established an outreach clinic for pregnant women that has reduced maternal and infant disease and death in Florida. Come out and witness models of success – childbirth options that are improving lives in Marin and beyond.
If You Go:
When: Thursday, August 25 at 6 p.m to 9 p.m.
Where: Throckmorton Theatre 142 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Cost: $20 – 150
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