Aftershock Award-Winning Documentary Screening

Thanks to sponsorship from Hilti North America, CHC is hosting a special lunchtime screening of the documentary Aftershock and panel discussion to raise awareness of the maternal health crisis facing Black communities.

Aftershock Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 from 11:00am – 2:30pm ET.

Anacostia Arts Center | 1231 Good Hope Road, SE Washington, D.C. 20020

Please register to join us for an in-person lunch, screening, and panel discussion of the new Hulu Original Documentary Aftershock (from Disney’s Onyx Collective and ABC News Studios). Aftershock shines a much-needed light on the high rates of preventable maternal mortality among Black women in the U.S.  This documentary follows the journeys of two families after the deaths of their loved ones due to childbirth complications and shares how they galvanized a movement to address this devastating crisis.

Afterward, please join us for a special panel conversation with Briana Stewart of ABC News, plus Shawnee Benton Gibson, Bruce McIntyre, and Dr. Neel Shah, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Chief Medical Officer at Maven Clinic. Each of these speakers were featured in Aftershock. Additional other experts who are working to improve Black maternal health will be included in the discussion.

This program is free and sponsored by Hilti, North America. Registration is required and early arrival is advised. Seating is limited. If you are interested, donations are being accepted and will go towards Mamatoto Village and the National Association to Advance Black Birth to support their missions.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:  Paula Eiselt directs and produces feature films about unforgettable characters thriving in unbelievable circumstances. Her passion for verité storytelling about fearless trailblazers fighting for change resulted in the award-winning film 93Queen (POV, HBO Max). Tonya Lewis Lee is a director, producer, and writer whose work through storytelling often explores the personal impact of civil rights and social justice issues. Lewis Lee produced Monster, the adaptation of the Walter Dean Myers novel, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and currently streams on Netflix.