A Midwife's Tale
About A Midwife's Tale
To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.
Richard P. Rogers's A Midwife's Tale is a 1998 documentary history film. Its themes are docudrama and birth.
Kaiulani Lee stars as Martha Ballard, Andrew Elvis Miller as Rev. Isaac Foster, J. Smith-Cameron as Mrs. Howard, and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich as Self. At 89 minutes long, it arrived in January 1998.
The screenplay is by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt. American members can watch it on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel.
It carries a NR rating.