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Matronas Noemí Delgado & Shara Lili

Salvadoran midwives, who delivered babies even during the Civil War, now fight to protect their ancestral role in the face of government repression. As people in El Salvador lose their right to give birth at home, dehumanizing hospital experiences become the standard way of ushering life into the world. The caretaking traditions of these midwives are at risk of being lost to future generations. This documentary has been produced with the organizational support of the Association of Parteras Rosa Andrade (APRA) and features many of its members. APRA is a group of 30 midwives who have been fighting together for the reproductive rights of thousands of people living in 41 rural communities in the municipality of Suchitoto, Cuscatlán, El Salvador for the past three decades. Most of these midwives either began or continued the work of attending births during the 12-year-long Civil War, when pregnant people in rural areas and guerrilla camps could not seek medical attention.

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