Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney (2023)
Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney explores the story of forced reproduction in the antebellum South and reveals the agency of Mary Gaffney, an enslaved woman who takes control of her body and fertility.
Director: Nazenet Habtezghi
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Tera Hunter as |
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Jennifer L. Morgan as |
| Production | Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Production | Liza Burnett Fefferman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nina L. Diaz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stanley Nelson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nazenet Habtezghi | Producer |
| Production | Lauren Wimbush | Producer |
| Production | Zach Sell | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Steven J. Golliday | Editor |
| Camera | Mead Hunt | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Colin Bressler | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Nazenet Habtezghi | Director |
| Sound | Osei Essed | Original Music Composer |