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Midwives (2001)

Midwives (2001)

Drama Crime TV Movie

She helps bring life into this world. Now she needs help with her own.

Release Date: 2001, April 2
Directors: Glenn Jordan
Countries: United States of America
Production: Craig Anderson Productions, Columbia TriStar Television
Cast: Peter Coyote, Sissy Spacek, Alison Pill, Piper Laurie, Bruce McFee, Terry Kinney, Cliff Saunders, Elva Mai Hoover, Lindsay Collins, Murray Oliver, Susannah Hoffmann, Jeremy Wright

Overview:

It's a cold and stormy night, and in a house in rural Vermont, midwife Sibyl Danforth is, together with the father and an assistant, in the middle of a homebirth. As time passes, the woman in labor meets with difficulties and Sibyl concludes that it would be preferable for the woman to deliver her baby in the hospital. Though a dead telephone line and bad weather prevents Sibyl from going anywhere. Black ice and a persisten snowstorm makes transportation an impossibility. Early in the morning, the woman dies from what they believe to be a stroke and in all the chaos, Sibyl promptly decides to do a C-section to save the baby. The baby survives, but the mother is dead and tragedy is obvious. Yet, it's only going to get worse for Sibyl as her assistant is certain that the woman was still alive when Sibyl performed the C-section. Sibyl is charged with manslaughter, brought before the court and her life is and will forever be changed.

Keywords:

death in childbirth midwife