A Midwife's Tale

A Midwife's Tale (1998)

Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes

  • Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1998-01-19
  • User Rating: 7.8/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Blueberry Hill Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard P. Rogers
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Summary

To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.

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  • Kaiulani Lee

    as Martha Ballard
  • Andrew Elvis Miller

    as Rev. Isaac Foster
  • J. Smith-Cameron

    as Mrs. Howard
  • Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

    as Self
Art Nancy Deren Production Design
Writing Laurie Kahn-Leavitt Writer
Costume & Make-Up Elizabeth Kuchurean Makeup Artist
Art Rowena Rowlings Set Decoration
Crew Gary Allen Ferguson Property Master
Directing Richard P. Rogers Director
Camera Steven Poster Director of Photography
Sound Todd Boekelheide Original Music Composer
Camera Peter Stein Director of Photography
Writing Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Book
Production Laurie Kahn-Leavitt Producer

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