Work samples

  • Listen to Me Trailer
  • Listen to Me Extended Clip

    Extended clip of forthcoming documentary. Listen to Me is the story of three women who stand on the front lines of the maternal health struggle while walking the delicate tightrope of racism and birth in the United States. This is a film about heartbreak, survival, healing and rebirth. Beyond dismal statistics, Listen to Me centers the voices and spirit of Black women.


     

About Stephanie

Stéphanie Etienne, CNM, MPH is a midwife, herbalist and filmmaker. She has been a birthworker since 2006 when she trained be a community-based doula as a member of the Community Birthing Project in New York City. Her belief in pregnancy and birth as revolutionary spaces led her to become a midwife. She moved to Baltimore in 2017 and became a co-founder of the Bloom Collective, a perinatal wellness and maternal health advocacy space. Stephanie also works with several organizations dedicated… more