Give Light: Stories from Indigenous Midwives
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About the film
GIVE LIGHT: Stories from Indigenous Midwives
Is midwifery the hope of the future, or is it dying out?
GIVE LIGHT explores whether ancient midwifery traditions are being lost to modern medical pressures — or whether their revival could offer women better birth outcomes. Through interviews with indigenous midwives from five continents, these women share their stories with confidence, humor, and deep faith in the women they serve. GIVE LIGHT invites viewers to watch, learn, and carry forward the wisdom of the midwives who have guided new life into the world since the beginning of human history.
The film crosses ethnic and national boundaries, comparing indigenous midwifery with contemporary birthing methods — celebrating the wisdom modern medicine too often leaves behind.
Award winner, Women's International Film Festival. Nationwide PBS Broadcast on the WORLD Channel — reaching over 200 million viewers.
For more information, visit givelight.info
Genre
Documentary
Released
2022
Director
Steph Smith
Producer
Phil Smith, Robbie Davis-Floyd - Medical & Cultural Anthropologist, Nori Geri - Karen Herbalist, Waombewa - Himba Herbalist, Hannah Levy, Jazzlynn Leung, Melany Cutno, Medical Fact Researcher's, Donna Caire - Licensed Massage Therapist, Hakan Çoker, - MD Obstetrician, Neşe Karabekir - Birth Pychologist, James H. Napper, III, Suzette Toledano
Executive Producer
Steph Smith
Writer
Steph Smith, Colette Delacroix, Maxine Trump
Crew
Steph Smith, Colette Delacroix, Steph Smith, Steph Smith, Hank Yates, Judah Grayson, Maxine Trump, David Tjivava - Africa, Luciana Monteiro - Brazil, Lisa Santos - Brazil, Erika Busciglio - Colombia & Peru, Alejandra Ortiz - Colombia, Raven Diaz, Heather Renee, & Jillian Lee - Peru, Cristina Mendoza - Peru, Geraldine Brezca - Peru, Despina Dumoulins - Greece, Olga Gouni & Eirini Delaki - Greece, Chotayaporn 'Sweet' Higashi - Thailand, June Panyakom & Budhe Buyenhun - Thailand, Kanlaya Chularattakorn - Thailand, Dana Schlieman - Spanish, Sam Cooper, Sharon Edwards, Bryan Gottshall, Judah Grayson, Sound Effects Contributor, E&S Arts, Mickey G, Smitti Supab
Cast
Katsi Cook - Canada, Tee Cher Moe -Thailand, Jua Nia Yong Kwa Toh -Thailand, Muhenje - Namibia, Eulalia Pop - Belize, Dora Williams - Belize, Catuapo Ialaputi - Brazil, Paloma Terrce - Brazil, Maria Aurora Burga Estella - Peru, Eleftheria Dimopoulou - Greece, Hali Ledet - New Orleans, USA, Ellenie Cruz - New Orleans, USA, Ashlee Walker - New Orleans, USA, Danielle Morris - New Orleans, USA, Audrey Stewart - New Orleans, USA, Erin Kershaw - USA, Latona Giwa - Doula, New Orleans, USA, Tyanna Myers - Mother