American Experience: A Midwife's Tale 26 years old

A docudrama adaptation of Ulrich's Pulitzer-winning book, which was based on thousands of entries in the journal of Martha Ballard, a Maine midwife, in the late 1700's and early 1800's. The movie intercuts between reenactments of Ballard doing her Maine midwifery and related tasks, and Ulrich in her eight years of research on her book; in the end, clear comparisons are made between the work of the two women.

Credits

American Experience: A Midwife's Tale Cast

Name Character
Kaiulani Lee She was 48, now 74 years old as Martha Ballard
J. Smith-Cameron She was 40, now 67 years old as Mrs. Howard

American Experience: A Midwife's Tale Crew

Name Department
Steven Poster as Director of Photography. He was 53 (now 80) years old Camera
Peter Stein as Director of Photography. He was 60 (now 87) years old Camera
Gary Allen Ferguson as Property Master. Crew
Todd Boekelheide as Original Music Composer. He was 1 (now 24) years old Sound
Nancy Deren as Production Design. Art
Richard P. Rogers as Director. Directing
American Experience: A Midwife's Tale (26 years)

  • Release day: Monday, January 19, 1998
  • Runtime: 89 minutes