Storyville
Season 26 Episode 18 - Midwives
Hla and Nyo Nyo live in a country torn by conflict. Hla is a Buddhist and the owner of an under-resourced medical clinic in western Myanmar, where the Rohingya (a Muslim minority community) are persecuted and denied basic rights. Nyo Nyo is a Rohingya and an apprentice midwife who acts as assistant and translator at the clinic. Despite living in the area for generations, Nyo Nyo and her family are still considered intruders. Risking her own safety daily by helping Muslim patients, she is determined to become a steady healthcare provider and resource for the families who desperately need her. Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s remarkable feature debut won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Made over the course of five turbulent years in Myanmar, it shines a spotlight on these courageous women, who unite to bring forth life, despite the risks and challenges of their own, and offers a rare insight into the complex reality of Myanmar and its people.
Episodes in Season 26
Final Account
85 min
Misha and the Wolves
85 min
President
85 min
Try Harder!
85 min
Tango with Putin
85 min
Writing with Fire
85 min
The Distant Barking of Dogs
85 min
The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
85 min
The Truffle Hunters
85 min
Navalny
94 min
Your Mum and Dad: A Devastating Truth
72 min
Into My Name
90 min
Citizen Ashe
90 min
On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)
35 min
Gorbachev. Heaven
99 min
One Day in Ukraine
75 min
And Still I Sing
90 min
Midwives
82 min
Beneath the Surface
88 min
The Fire Within
81 min
A House Made of Splinters
85 min
A Bunch of Amateurs
93 min
