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.
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American Experience: A Midwife's Tale Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
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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