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DJÄKAMIRR: A Community Film Screening

DJÄKAMIRR

(click the poster to watch the trailer)

2022.10.01  @ 2 – 2 pm
cSPACE Treehouse (4th Floor) 1721 29 Ave SW, Calgary AB

Tickets are $20 or Free for Members of Birth Unlimited

Purchase tickets here.

Film.
Discussion.
Light Refreshments.

For over 60,000 years Yolŋu childbirth happened on-country with skilled djäkamirr- midwifery caretakers -using ancestral wisdom and bush technologies to support women and babies. Yolŋu flourished.

Since the recent arrival of Western missionaries in the 1920s and the removal of childbirth to hospital, Yolŋu have been suffering. Women are now disconnected from their support systems and the region has profound health inequities including the highest rate of preterm birth in Australia.

DJÄKAMIRR is a privileged insight into the aspirations of remote First Nations communities to reclaim their birthing culture from the stronghold of Western medicine; and be part of the solutions to improve health. Filmed over a two year period on-country in Arnhem Land, the documentary is a rare invitation to experience Yolŋu women’s culture and hear their aspirations for maternity services. This is a journey of hope, demonstrating that when Yolŋu and Balanda (non-Yolŋu) Australians work together, positive change and community empowerment is possible.

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