Katie Rice’s documentary sensitively approaches a tough subject while listening to the concerns of midwives and obstetricians
The UK’s high rate of stillbirth – one in 200 pregnancies, among the most elevated in the developed world – is generating a growing number of documentaries aiming to initiate a wider dialogue. Debbie Howard’s film Still Loved (2015) spoke to Midlands parents in the process of grieving or moving on; now director Katie Rice provides three case studies with varying outcomes, released – as was Howard’s film – to coincide with baby loss awareness week.
The films share certain tropes: sobering first-person testimony, a poignant emphasis on artefacts that make such loss palpable and understandably brief running times, recognition that this is a tough subject to talk about and a small, precious offering of hope.
The UK’s high rate of stillbirth – one in 200 pregnancies, among the most elevated in the developed world – is generating a growing number of documentaries aiming to initiate a wider dialogue. Debbie Howard’s film Still Loved (2015) spoke to Midlands parents in the process of grieving or moving on; now director Katie Rice provides three case studies with varying outcomes, released – as was Howard’s film – to coincide with baby loss awareness week.
The films share certain tropes: sobering first-person testimony, a poignant emphasis on artefacts that make such loss palpable and understandably brief running times, recognition that this is a tough subject to talk about and a small, precious offering of hope.
- 10/3/2018
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
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