12/08/2023
Seeking two people who are postpartum and experienced depression recently to be in a documentary. If you think this is you or you know someone…please read on.
While the last two decades have brought increased awareness about the need to screen and adequately treat postpartum depression (PPD), a major documentary film that illuminates the lived experiences of those suffering or who have recovered from PPD has yet to emerge. In partnership with multi-award winning documentary production company Ark Media, we are proud to announce this important project: the creation of a feature-length documentary for national broadcast that will tell a more complete story of PPD through the voices and faces of a diverse group of women across America. With this film, we will catalyze a new era of understanding of PPD and its treatment, inspiring transformation at the level of the individual, couple, family, community and health care system in order to get women the care they deserve.
The heart and soul of More Than Blue will be the stories of real women living through postpartum depression, as well as those who have recovered or who are recovering. We are now identifying a group of courageous women who wish to participate. We will film these women across a period of months in an effort to capture many aspects of their “postpartum story”, from onset of symptoms to the sometimes bewildering search for effective support and treatment, to the joy and relief of recovery. As women tell their individual narratives, we will capture the experiences of others involved in the postpartum experience: partners, friends, clinicians and other providers of care and support.
We are looking to include two additional women who are early on in the postpartum period (under one year) and recovering from postpartum depression. It was always our hope to capture birthing persons from across America, and we are particularly interested in connecting with postpartum women from the South, Southwest and Western states with a focus on women of color. If you or someone you know is recently postpartum and interested in learning more, please contact us through our interest form.
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