BEFF Ignites: Health/Care

Documentary Short | United States | 16 Mins

TEDDY is a verité portrait of a male birth doula working to improve birth outcomes for Black women in Houston, Texas. A security guard by day, Timothy Gant Jr. trained to become a doula after hearing about his own mother’s birth story as a child. As a doula working predominantly with Black women, Timothy helps his clients achieve a positive, safe, and empowering birth on their terms.

Documentary Short | United States | 25 Mins

Rural hospitals around America are closing at alarming rates, leaving communities without care. Oscar and Emmy-nominated director Ramin Bahrani visits Appalachia, where American communities are left with limited or no access to healthcare. Explore the rural healthcare crisis in the South through the eyes of those struggling in it and the dedicated doctors trying to reach them.

Documentary Short | United States | 12 Mins

After eight years of caring for his mother with severe dementia, a son struggles through their daily care routine. Recorded voicemails serve to show the progression of the disease, underscoring the frustration, isolation and burnout that comes with intensive caregiving.

Documentary Short | United States | 18 Mins

OB/GYN Dr. Sheena Favors must choose between city life or staying in rural Georgia to provide vital maternal care, following Doc Hollywood’s real-life inspiration, Dr. James Hotz.