Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

6.5
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 19 min
  • Premiere: 2023. August 4.

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.

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Camera

Mead Hunt

Director of Photography

Colin Bressler

Director of Photography

Directing

Nazenet Habtezghi

Director

Editing

Steven J. Golliday

Editor

Production

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Liza Burnett Fefferman

Executive Producer

Nina L. Diaz

Executive Producer

Stanley Nelson

Executive Producer

Nazenet Habtezghi

Producer

Lauren Wimbush

Producer

Zach Sell

Associate Producer

Sound

Osei Essed

Original Music Composer

Camera

Mead Hunt

Director of Photography

Colin Bressler

Director of Photography

Directing

Nazenet Habtezghi

Director

Editing

Steven J. Golliday

Editor

Production

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Liza Burnett Fefferman

Executive Producer

Nina L. Diaz

Executive Producer

Stanley Nelson

Executive Producer

Nazenet Habtezghi

Producer

Lauren Wimbush

Producer

Zach Sell

Associate Producer

Sound

Osei Essed

Original Music Composer