The Chicago Maternity Center Story Film Project records
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- The Chicago Maternity Center Story Film Project records
- Identifier
- BMRC.KART.CHI_MATERNITY
- Repository
- Kartemquin Films
- Language
- English
- Size
- 14.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1975-1976
- Creator
- Kartemquin Films
Acknowledgements and Access
This collection was part of the BMRC Survey Initiative, 2009-2011. For current information about the collection and its status, please contact Kartemquin Films at info@kartemquin.com
Historical note
The Chicago Maternity Center Story is a 60 minute 1975 film by Kartemquin Films. For more than 75 years, the Chicago Maternity Center provided safe home deliveries for Chicago mothers. However, when modern medicine's attitude toward home birth changed and funding from Northwestern University declined in 1974, the center was forced to close. This film interweaves the history of the center with the stories of a young woman about to have her first baby and the center's fight to stay open in the face of the corporate takeover of medicine.
Scope and Contents note
The Chicago Maternity Center Story Film Project Records include 16mm film prints, negatives, trims, outs, soundtrack elements, audio interviews, production research files, and promotional materials.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2011 22 March Andrew Steadham.