African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic - Footage seems to suggest Islamic practices surrounding childbirth.
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic
GV landscape as two men come over hill toward camera, one of the men is dressed in Western style clothing & carries a doctor bag. LS red dirt road leading to rural village w/ thatched roof huts. MS young pregnant woman seated in chair, reaching behind her, grabbing onto pole w/ an expression of pain on her face, an elderly midwife & young woman are at her side, man walks in to check on her. MS woman in labor w/ female attendants & husband at her side, male doctor checks the woman's pulse. MCU doctor shaking his head "No", giving the expecting father bad news, explaining that his wife will have to go to hospital. MS pregnant woman surrounded by attendants & husband as the doctor explains that she will need to be moved to hospital. MCU doctor taking woman's blood pressure using stethoscope. CUs face of elderly midwife. CU face of pregnant woman. MS pregnant woman surrounded by attendants & husband as the doctor checks her pulse. MS pregnant woman w/ attendants.
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic
MCU group of native women gathered outside hut. LS men approaching village. GV people gathered outside hut. MS elderly man in prayer outside hut as other men stand near, one man tends to two sheep / lamb to be used in ritual sacrifice. MS people gathered around pregnant woman sitting on ground outside hut, man who did the prayer brings the sacrificial lamb. Sequence of non-graphic MS/MCU/CU depicting sacrifice of the lamb, showing the live animal being positioned, the prayer, the washing of the curved blade. MS pregnant woman seated in chair surrounded by attendants as her husband talks to the doctor in western clothing. MS pregnant woman wrapped in blanket being cradled by her elderly midwife. MCU face of pregnant woman lying down.
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic
MS women & children standing outside thatched hut. LS village w/ thatched huts & people about. LS thatched hut as small group of men exit carrying carry stretcher on poles across their shoulders. MS men helping pregnant woman onto the stretcher. LS/GVs men carrying woman on stretcher out of the village and through lush landscape, entourage is headed by doctor carrying his bag & dressed in western clothing.
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic
LS group of village men carrying pregnant woman on stretcher through lush foliage, approaching the tin roof shelters of the medical clinic in the distance. Elevated LS remote hospital & medical buildings w/ people standing outside as village men approach w/ woman on stretcher. Exterior of clinic as three men carry a woman wrapped in white cloth out of the building. GV hospital building w/ women dressed in white cloth, heads & faces covered seated outside.
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic
CUs face of woman on the delivery table, her head covered in white. MCU doctor wearing cap & mask in the delivery room talking to the expecting mother. MCU young Caucasian female nurse tying her surgical mask on. MCU male doctor in surgical mask being helped into his green gown by another doc. MCU Caucasian male doctor putting his surgical mask on & scrubbing his hands in the sink. CU man wearing surgical cap, mask & gown. MS doctors & nurses busy in the delivery room, looks like the patient is being stitched up from a Caesarean section. CU baby sleeping comfortably in blankets. CU face of smiling mother after delivery.
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic
MS doctor standing outside clinic w/ a smile & wave. GV group of men standing outside clinic waiting to hear news of the birth, the doctor gives them good news which is celebrated w/ clapping. MCU elderly man & woman clapping. MCU group of men clapping, man in front shots a celebrator riffle gun shot into the air. GV village men gathered outside clinic building. CU profile man smiling. Several GV/MUC/CU outside clinic as family prepares for their journey home, the mother sits on a donkey while the hospital staff says their good-byes to the newborn baby being held by the midwife. LS/MS husband leading donkey carrying his wife into the wilderness, they are followed by the midwife & spiritual man.