When a woman dies from complications of childbirth, she leaves behind loved ones struggling to deal with the loss. Aftershock, a documentary from Disney's Onyx Collective, brings attention to the U.S. maternal mortality crisis by focusing on the deaths of two women and the family members they left…

The Scene 2 Seen Podcast took a bit of a hiatus–but we’re back! And this week, features a very special discussion surrounding a pressing topic. The Aftershock documentary premiered at Sundance 2022, where it won the Impact For Change award, and then made its way to SXSW 2022. Although, I spoke to Eiselt and Lee on…

Disney’s Onyx Collective and ABC News have jointly acquired Aftershock, which picked up the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change upon its debut there last month. The latest from directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee will stream as an original film from Onyx Collective…

Last month, Vice President Kamala Harris opened the first ever White House Day of Action on maternal health. "In the United States of America, in the 21st century, being pregnant and giving birth should not carry such great risk," Harris told the audience. "Before, during, and after childbirth, women in our nation are…

"It makes good business sense for your product and your workforce to reflect what this country looks like," Spike Lee said of Hollywood's need for change both in front of and behind the camera. "But there are people still today that think that these are motherf*cking Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best, Leave It to Be…

Launching on November 23 on Netflix, Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It the TV series is something you've gotta watch. Hell, between turkey or whatever you'll be binging next week, you should also binge the fully Lee-directed and DeWanda Wise-starring show based on Lee’s first feature film, as I say in my video review…