Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney explores the story of forced reproduction in the antebellum South and reveals the agency of Mary Gaffney, an enslaved woman who takes control of her body and fertility.
Crew
Nazenet Habtezghi
Director, Producer
Steven J. Golliday
Editor
Mead Hunt
Director of Photography
Colin Bressler
Director of Photography
Nina L. Diaz
Executive Producer
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
Stanley Nelson
Executive Producer
Liza Burnett Fefferman
Executive Producer
Lauren Wimbush
Producer
Zach Sell
Associate Producer
Osei Essed
Original Music Composer
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