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You Lucky You Got A Mama: A documentary film hasn't added a story.
About the Film | You Lucky You Got A Mama documents the life, pregnancy, and childbirths of three Black people; two cisgender women and one transgender man share their intimate lives, pregnancy experience, and birth to tell a fuller story of Black pregnancy experiences in the United States.
Director's Statement | Among many other things, I am a Black queer mother, nurse, public health scholar, activist, and organizer. In 2014, my life changed forever after the murder of Michael Brown. I was on the frontlines of an uprising and later found myself in the crosshairs of the state during a political attempt to scapegoat me. This is chronicled in the 2017 documentary Whose Streets? in which I participated as the main protagonist; an experience that introduced me to a new form of communication, and the concept of film as a tool to disseminate larger complex issues in a nuanced and creative way. Since 2019, I’ve been directing my first documentary film titled You Lucky You Got A Mama.
You Lucky You Got A Mama is an exciting opportunity for me to take risks with how I choose to tell stories that have the potential to fundamentally shift the way society understands pregnancy and childbirth for Black people across genders. Not only do I see myself in the subject matter of You Lucky You Got A Mama as a Black mother, but I am also aligned with the community that is trusting me to tell these stories. It is important to me that when people, particularly Black people, watch this film, they feel seen in a beautiful, poignant, and authentic way.
Why This Film | Over the past few years, the dialogue surrounding Black maternal health has become increasingly energized, in large part thanks to the work of Black women organizers. These same organizers are also responsible for the nuance with which we discuss structural and systemic inequities and racism as major contributing factors to maternal mortality, particularly those who approach this work through a lens of reproductive justice. However, when we talk about pregnancy, birth, and maternal mortality, we very seldom, if ever, mention the risk of non-women identifying pregnant people. In the framework of reproductive justice, addressing intersecting oppressions must occur in order to achieve reproductive justice. Black pregnant people face multiple oppressions of race, gender identity, class, etc., and we must fully acknowledge how these identities and communities intersect with one another. You Lucky You Got A Mama aims to shift the landscape, language, and culture surrounding Black pregnancy and birth experiences by telling these stories through a lens of gender.
You Lucky You Got A Mama documents everyday lived experiences of pregnant Black women and trans men. In order to debunk the false and dangerous narrative that seeks to pathologize Blackness, You Lucky You Got A Mama will uplift Black Bodies, Black lives, and Black pregnancy so that the viewer will see and feel each subject fully contextualized and humanized; the depth of their existence, their right to live, and their desire to thrive.
Stage of Production | We have successfully completed production for one-third of the film - the New York City story of Micaela and her baby Colette. We have been able to do this thanks to generous non-recoupable donations from generous community organizations, grants, nonprofits, and individuals who all have supported and believe in the project, as well as a passionate and dedicated production crew working for lowered rates.
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