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The Columbus International Film + Video Festival and Population Connection present:
The Edge of Joy
Tuesday February 1 at 6.30pm
Studio 35
3055 Indianola Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43202
The Edge of Joy is a documentary that follows an ensemble cast of Nigerian doctors, midwives and families to the frontlines of maternal care. Inside a maternity ward, the film chronicles distressed labors, deaths, and miraculous survival. Outside, the lack of blood supply transportation and family planning are examined as causes of the cycle that kills more than 36,000 Nigerian women each year. The central characters in The Edge of Joy are the people deep within the Nigerian culture who know its misconceptions, its limitations, but also its capabilities. Narrated by award winning journalist, Eliza Griswold, and featuring animation by Yoni Goodman, this portrait of pregnancy and childbirth shows the consequences of poor maternal health as it explores the nuances and complexities of bringing emerging health technologies to the developing world.
Admission is free. Free Stella Artois (21+) and free cupcakes.
Director Dawn Sinclair Shapiro will do a q+a after the screening.
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