A Midwife's Tale

1h 29m
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
7.8

To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.

Cast

Kaiulani Lee
Martha Ballard
Andrew Elvis Miller
Rev. Isaac Foster
J. Smith-Cameron
Mrs. Howard
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Self

Crew

Richard P. Rogers
Director
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Writer, Producer
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Book
Steven Poster
Director of Photography
Peter Stein
Director of Photography
Nancy Deren
Production Design
Elizabeth Kuchurean
Makeup Artist
Todd Boekelheide
Original Music Composer
Rowena Rowlings
Set Decoration
Gary Allen Ferguson
Property Master

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