Listen to Me Film Screening
Fri, Aug 14
|Sankofa Video Books & Café
Join us at Sankofa for a screening of Listen to Me, a documentary that explores the realities of birth, care and community through the lived experiences of Black women and birthing people, followed by a talk with the filmmakers, Stephanie Etienne and Kanika Harris.
Time & Location
Aug 14, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sankofa Video Books & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Guests
About The Event
Listen to Me follows three Black women as they navigate the journey to motherhood in a system not built to protect them. What begins as a documentary about the pregnancies of maternal health advocates becomes a powerful archive of grief, resilience, and healing.
Woven together, these unique stories offer a profound look into the complex and layered lives of Black women and the core issues that place them at higher risk for complications from pregnancy and childbirth. Through intimate storytelling and wisdom passed from mothers to daughters, Listen to Me transcends statistics to reveal the quiet costs of survival, the weight of advocacy while grieving and the audacity of joy in the face of systemic harm.
Listen to Me is a powerful call to break generational silence and center the voices of Black women. Through a lifecourse lens, the film reveals that true maternal health begins with how we protect, listen to and…
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