Arrest the Midwife

Season 39, Episode 5

When trusted midwives are arrested in a tight-knit Amish and Mennonite enclave, a quiet community is thrust into turmoil. With rare access, director Elaine Epstein follows women who defy tradition and become activists, turning a local fight into a national reckoning over maternal health, reproductive rights, and the freedom to choose how and where to give birth. Arrest the Midwife is accompanied by the short films, Labor of Love & The Men Who Fed America.

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