2026 Sarasota Film Festival
FREE SFF TALK: "Aftershock" & the health of mothers
Film: Aftershock
An alarmingly disproportionate number of Black women are failed every year by the U.S. maternal health system. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac were vibrant, excited mothers-to-be whose deaths due to childbirth complications were preventable. Now, their partners and families are determined to sound a rallying cry around this chilling yet largely ignored crisis.
Directed by Tonya Lewis Lee, Paula Eiselt
Screening Details
Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT
Ends 3:45 PM EDT
Ringling College Auditorium
About This Event
A screening of the documentary “Aftershock” — a timely and concise film about the significant
numbers of childbirth mortality among African American women. A panel discussion with local
health care experts on improving the health of our mothers will follow the film.
Panelists include:
• Dr. Washington Hill
Founding Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
Senior Physician CenterPlace Health
• Dr. Haywood Brown
Professor, OB/GYN USF Health Morsani College of Medicine,
68th President of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Midwife Nakeisha Lindsay-Confirmed
Certified Nurse Midwife/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Sarasota OB/GYN Associates
• Dr. Yusif Addae
Assist Prof, OB/GYN & Emergency Medicine, FSU College of Medicine
Chair, Womens & Children Dept. SMH-Venice
Vice-Chair, OBGYN Dept, SMH-Sarasota
• Nurse Abby Olsen RN, BSN-Pending. Retuning from Spring break Monday.
Clinical Manager Labor & Delivery, MBU, OBECC
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
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