Please join us
Sister Doula, a film about saving Black lives.
Film Screening & Panel Discussion
October 18, 2023
5:00pm
Bixby Lecture Hall- Brouder Science Center
Columbia College
Portions of the film were recorded in Columbia and Kansas City.
Panel Members:
- Emmett Williams, Film Maker
- Mama Hakima Payne, Subject of the Film, nurse, doula and mentor
- Erica Dickson, Mid Missouri Black Doula Collective
Panel moderated by Columbia College’s Black Student Union.
The event will be streamed.
SISTER DOULA is the story of Hakima Payne, a nurse in Kansas City who tackles the Black maternal health crisis head-on, fighting to save Black babies by offering alternatives to the US healthcare system that surveils, criminalizes, and harms Black families. Mama Hakima is equal parts unapologetic truth-teller and wise-compassionate mentor. This is the story of the birth doulas she has mentored, who advocate for Black birthing people and work toward a future where all people will have equal access to thrive in pregnancy, birth, and beyond.