A Parteira
MovieTitle | A Parteira |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jan 22, 2019 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Catarina Doolan |
Production country | Brazil |
Production companies | Prisma Filmes |
Run time | 20 min. |
Donana, a midwife with more than half a century of experience, represents the resistance of tradition and humanization to childbirth in the region of São Gonçalo do Amarante, in Rio Grande do Norte. Owner of a strong personality, she shares her wisdom, acquired over the years as a midwife, mother, saint mother, godmother, woman. Like the chanana, a flower that grows in the middle of the concrete and is underestimated for its fragile appearance, Donana teaches us to remain firm despite the adversities of life.