"Aftershock" is a confrontation, a reminder that “Black Lives Matter” isn’t just a rallying cry against overt, visible brutality like what’s performed by the police.

| Nov 10, 2022

Aftershock is a disturbing but necessary documentary to watch for a reality check about how systemic racism in the U.S. health care system results in Black women dying shortly after childbirth at disproportionately higher rates than women of other races.

| Sep 20, 2022

An absolutely vital and timely documentary about the obscene maternal mortality rate in America and the systemic racism that pervades its healthcare system.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 11, 2022

This is a timely and concise film about the significant numbers of childbirth mortality among African American women.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 28, 2022

I feel like I lost two little sisters in this film.

| Jul 22, 2022

Eiselt and Lee cover how these families — and in particular the fathers left behind by their partners’ passing — are still coping with unexpected loss.

| Jul 22, 2022

"Aftershock" was already one of the best films to come out of Sundance this year, but now it has also become one of the year's most essential films.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 21, 2022

Aftershock points to something far more damning when it comes to equality in the United States — everything is a business.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 20, 2022

“Aftershock” is a moving ode to Black families in a society where too many forces work to tear them apart.

| Jul 19, 2022

It’s impossible not to feel impassioned by Aftershock, the vital documentary...that explores the dismal state of the U.S.’s maternal mortality rate among Black women.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Jul 19, 2022

An eye opening documentary that sheds a much needed light on the systematic issues with maternal care.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 14, 2022

Thanks to the skill of directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee, after seeing Aftershock, you won’t be likely to think of “maternal mortality” as just one more statistic.

| Apr 16, 2022

A heartbreaking but important documentary

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 4, 2022

What starts off as a specific look at these women, and the families they leave behind, becomes a stirring account of community, drive, and the unavoidable ways that history intersects with the present.

| Mar 25, 2022

AFTERSHOCK delivers a wrenching blow ... Ultimately, the films message is for these moms to be seen, heard, and safe.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 21, 2022

Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee navigate the issue of pregnancy and maternal death with sincerity, urgency, and a need to be part of the solution.

| Mar 21, 2022

Aftershock will break your heart if you have a heart. It will leave you sad, angry, and hopefully motivate you to get involved with groups and organizations combatting discriminatory healthcare.

| Feb 17, 2022

... Deeply affecting, a clarion call for change that uses the camera as a megaphone.

| Feb 4, 2022

Directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee paint a sobering portrait of tragedy and resilience.

| Feb 4, 2022

Directed by Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eisett, this film is a heartbreaking documentary that exposes the countless ways the U.S. health care system is anything but caring when it comes to the health of pregnant Black women, and their babies.

| Feb 2, 2022