Asserting Deliberate Documentary on Postpartum Despair: Extra Than Blue
Illuminating the Faces and Voices of Postpartum Despair throughout America
Whereas the final 20 years have introduced elevated consciousness about the necessity to display and adequately deal with postpartum melancholy (PPD), a main documentary movie that illuminates the lived experiences of these struggling or who’ve recovered from PPD has but to emerge. In partnership with multi-award successful documentary manufacturing firm Ark Media, we’re proud to announce this essential mission: the creation of a feature-length documentary for nationwide broadcast that can inform a extra full story of PPD by way of the voices and faces of a various group of girls throughout America. With this movie, we are going to catalyze a brand new period of understanding of PPD and its remedy, inspiring transformation on the degree of the person, couple, household, neighborhood and well being care system to be able to get ladies the care they deserve.
The center and soul of Extra Than Blue would be the tales of actual ladies residing by way of postpartum melancholy, in addition to those that have recovered or who’re recovering. We at the moment are figuring out a gaggle of brave ladies who want to take part. We are going to movie these ladies throughout a interval of months in an effort to seize many facets of their “postpartum story”, from onset of signs to the generally bewildering seek for efficient assist and remedy, to the enjoyment and aid of restoration. As ladies inform their particular person narratives, we are going to seize the experiences of others concerned within the postpartum expertise: companions, associates, clinicians and different suppliers of care and assist.
Considering telling your story or know of others who want to share their PPD journey? We search those that could also be desirous about collaborating within the documentary in some capability. We aren’t searching for agency commitments on filming at this level, however want to start a confidential dialog, and to reply any questions individuals who would possibly want to take part have in regards to the mission. By becoming a member of with us, you’ll assist to boost understanding of PPD in most people, whereas additionally serving to to carry the stigma and disgrace that so usually surrounds what continues to be the commonest complication in trendy obstetrics. For extra info on find out how to take part, please press right here.
Lee S. Cohen, M.D.
Director, Heart for Ladies’s Psychological Well being, Mass Common
Producer, Extra Than Blue
Barak Goodman and Rachel Dretzin
Administrators, Extra Than Blue
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