Model, Mom & Moviemaker
Posted by Melanie At Parenting.Com
Raising kids can certainly be a struggle—but birthing them may truly be the biggest struggle of all. Worldwide, one woman dies every 90 seconds from pregnancy and childbirth complications; 90% of those deaths are preventable. And perhaps shockingly, women in the U.S. are far from immune to this epidemic (we rank 50th worldwide for maternal mortality according to the latest UN report), despite our skyrocketing spending on healthcare. To bring attention to this crisis in women’s health, Christy Turlington Burns, mother of two, activist, women’s health advocate, and fashion icon, has produced and directed her first film, the incredibly moving documentary “No Woman, No Cry” (which follows pregnant women in Tanzania, Bangladesh, Guatemala and the U.S.) and created Every Mother Counts, a five-year outreach campaign dedicated to improving maternal health and reducing maternal mortality around the world.
We recently got a chance to check in with Christy about motherhood and moviemaking, in advance of the next airing of her film, Saturday, June 4th on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network at 11 a.m. ET/PT. (Be sure to set your DVR if you’ll be outside playing with your kids!)
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