American Experience: A Midwife's Tale
a.k.a. A Midwife's Tale
Director:
Richard P. Rogers
Cast:
Kaiulani Lee, Ron Tough, Kevin Jubinville, Waneta Storms
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- DVD Release Date: 06/13/2006
- Original Release: 1997
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- Sales Rank: 10,823
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Disc #1 -- A Midwife's Tale
2. Martha and Laurel - and Martha's Diary [1:53]
3. The Epidemic [8:08]
4. Family and Work [11:07]
5. Martha and the New Doctor [8:35]
6. The Minister's Wife and the Law [1:40]
7. Courtship and Marriage [4:59]
8. Parthenia's Long Illness [8:25]
9. Rebellion at Home and in the Woods [7:20]
10. 1800: The Turn of the Century [6:39]
11. Ephraim's Year in Jail [6:19]
12. The Purrington Murder [11:57]
13. The End of Martha's Life [1:36]
Editorial Reviews
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name by historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, American Experience: A Midwife's Tale is an investigative unfolding of the life of an 18th century midwife, Martha Ballard, living on the Maine frontier. For 27 years, Ballard kept a diary in which she recorded the weather, daily household tasks, her midwifery duties, her medical practice, and countless incidents, which, through Ulrich's exploration, reveals the turmoil of post-Revolutionary America through a woman's eye. Social change, religious conflict, economic instability, as well as the grim realities of disease, domestic violence, and debtor's prison are all culled from the cryptic entries of Ballard's diary. ~ Brooke Hodess, All Movie Guide All Movie Guide
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