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All my babies : a midwife's own story

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When George C. Stoney was a boy delivering newspapers, he was curious about the black women with black satchels he would spot occasionally on the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, before dawn. Later he learned these early risers were midwives. This is a training film about midwifery which transcends the form. It was selected by the Library of Congress for placement on the National Film Registry in 2002 as "a culturally, historically and artistically significant work. "All my babies was written, produced and directed by Stoney in collaboration with the featured midwife, Mrs. Mary Francis Hill Coley, as well as with local public health doctors and nurses. Recorded on location in Albany, Georgia, it shows the preparation for and home delivery of healthy babies in both relatively good and bad rural conditions among African American families at that time. The film is not only a profound portrait of Miss Mary as she was affectionately and respectfully known, but also is a documentary record of the actual living conditions of her patients. Always interested in the effects a film has on the filmed and filmers, Stoney is amused to report everyone on the crew had babies after making this one. In addition, teamed with David Bagnall, Stoney returned to Georgia in 2007 to record a "reunion" in which over 150 people who had been helped into the world by Mrs. Coley participated. That reunion is now a new film-in-progress. As a bonus, this DVD includes Palmour Street (1949), a dramatized, open-ended discussion of family relations, which Stoney co-directed on location in Gainesville, Georgia, for the Georgia Department of Public Health. Palmour Street is in Gainesville, Georgia. The people who live on it worked hard to make this picture so that they and all of us might know more about ourselves and our children. An early example of films for lay education sponsored by the Mental Health Division of the U. S. Public Health Service, it soon found an audience beyond the African American community for which it was designed. This DVD is part of the George C. Stoney CollectionMaterials organized with collaboration of Mike Hazard, documentary filmmaker and archivist for George C. Stoney. For more, visit www. thecie. org. Related Resources "All my babies: research", an essay by George C. Stoney, written in 1959"The Production of George Stoney's Film, All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story (1952)", an essay by Lynne Jackson"George C. Stoney, Happy Collaborator", an article by Hilda Dulin Lee. Filmmaker: George C. Stoney
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eng
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 79 min.)
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All my babies : a midwife's own story
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All my babies
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a midwife's own story
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Language
eng
Summary
When George C. Stoney was a boy delivering newspapers, he was curious about the black women with black satchels he would spot occasionally on the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, before dawn. Later he learned these early risers were midwives. This is a training film about midwifery which transcends the form. It was selected by the Library of Congress for placement on the National Film Registry in 2002 as "a culturally, historically and artistically significant work. "All my babies was written, produced and directed by Stoney in collaboration with the featured midwife, Mrs. Mary Francis Hill Coley, as well as with local public health doctors and nurses. Recorded on location in Albany, Georgia, it shows the preparation for and home delivery of healthy babies in both relatively good and bad rural conditions among African American families at that time. The film is not only a profound portrait of Miss Mary as she was affectionately and respectfully known, but also is a documentary record of the actual living conditions of her patients. Always interested in the effects a film has on the filmed and filmers, Stoney is amused to report everyone on the crew had babies after making this one. In addition, teamed with David Bagnall, Stoney returned to Georgia in 2007 to record a "reunion" in which over 150 people who had been helped into the world by Mrs. Coley participated. That reunion is now a new film-in-progress. As a bonus, this DVD includes Palmour Street (1949), a dramatized, open-ended discussion of family relations, which Stoney co-directed on location in Gainesville, Georgia, for the Georgia Department of Public Health. Palmour Street is in Gainesville, Georgia. The people who live on it worked hard to make this picture so that they and all of us might know more about ourselves and our children. An early example of films for lay education sponsored by the Mental Health Division of the U. S. Public Health Service, it soon found an audience beyond the African American community for which it was designed. This DVD is part of the George C. Stoney CollectionMaterials organized with collaboration of Mike Hazard, documentary filmmaker and archivist for George C. Stoney. For more, visit www. thecie. org. Related Resources "All my babies: research", an essay by George C. Stoney, written in 1959"The Production of George Stoney's Film, All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story (1952)", an essay by Lynne Jackson"George C. Stoney, Happy Collaborator", an article by Hilda Dulin Lee. Filmmaker: George C. Stoney
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Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1952
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  • C Stoney, George
  • Kanopy (Firm)
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79
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  • Midwifery
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal care
  • African American midwives
  • Streaming video
  • BIPOC
  • Black people
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live action
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All my babies : a midwife's own story
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Publication
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Title from title frames
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unknown
Carrier category
online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
kan1119781
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 79 min.)
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unknown
Form of item
online
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unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • c
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other
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digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher number
1119781
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not applicable
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unknown
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
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  • other
  • remote
System control number
(OCoLC)897774241
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other
Label
All my babies : a midwife's own story
Publication
Note
Title from title frames
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
kan1119781
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 79 min.)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher number
1119781
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
System control number
(OCoLC)897774241
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other

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