Hulu's 'Aftershock' captures the story of two fathers who formed an indelible bond after losing their wives to the maternal health crisis in America.
NEW YORK -- This Father's Day is especially unique for the Black community. It falls on just the second nationally recognized Juneteenth holiday, a time where Black freedom, joy and strength of community are celebrated.
Two fathers from New York, Omari Maynard and Bruce McIntyre III, would like to mark the holiday by highlighting the power of community, especially for fathers who have lost their partners to the"This Father's Day is a very interesting Father's Day because this Father's Day falls on June 19, which is also the day of Juneteenth, where Black people in the United States were emancipated from slavery in 1865.
He continued,"The reason why I bring up Juneteenth is because it's the same thing. If nobody said anything, if nobody fought for their rights, if nobody fought for their freedoms, then we wouldn't live in the same world that we live in today. And I feel like honestly, it's the same thing when it comes to the maternal mortality crisis."Onyx Collective
and ABC News Studios directed by Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt. The film follows the lives of Maynard and McIntyre after the tragic deaths of their partners. Maynard's partner, Shamony Gibson, passed away two weeks after giving birth by C-section in 2019. Maynard attributes her death to the negligence of health care providers that constantly ignored her symptoms. McIntyre's partner, Amber Rose Isaac, died during an emergency C-section in 2020. McIntyre and Isaac's family also attributed her death to medical negligence by health care providers.
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