The Film

"No Woman, No Cry" The Movie

In her directorial debut, Christy Turlington Burns shares the powerful stories of at-risk pregnant women from around the world. Inspired by her own experience, Christy suffered a serious complication just after delivering her first child; the documentary film reveals four stories from a remote Maasai tribe in Tanzania, a slum of Bangladesh, a post-abortion care ward in Guatemala, and a prenatal clinic in the United States.

 

The film first premiered in Tribeca in 2010 and then on the Oprah Winfrey Network in 2011. In between, it’s been screened on college campuses, global health conferences and various other events around the world. Contact us here to arrange a screening for your organization or school and the film is also now available for download on iTunes or purchase on DVD. And if you want to host your own watch party, you can download a watch party kit here too.

 

See the full list of film credits.

Film Screenings

  1. April 1st, 2013 - Yale Global Health Initiative - New Haven, CT
    The Public Health Coalition and Global Health Leadership Institute at Yale University (LC 101)
  2. March 8, 2013 - Women’s Rights Network - Distrify.com
    Online streaming available globally except the US on Distrify.com
  3. February 26, 2013 - University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health - Chapel Hill, NC
    Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium (MHRC 001) at UNC
  4. November 9, 2012 - University of Miami School of Law - Miami, FL
    Bill Cosford Cinema - 1111 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL
  5. October 29, 2012 - 15th Annual Savannah FIlm Festival - Savannah, GA
    TBD
  6. October 11, 2012 - Maternal Outcomes Matter - Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Univeristy of Minnesota
  7. September 28, 2012 - Harvard School of Public Health - Boston, MA
    Harvard University
  8. September 7, 2012 - Send Hope Not Flowers Charity Event - Canberra, Australia
    National Press Club
  9. June 13, 2012 - The Royal Society of Medicine – London
    Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
  10. May 7, 2012 - UCLA - Los Angeles, CA
    Tamkin auditorium at UCLA
  11. April 16, 2012 - Lifeway Foods/Every Mother Counts Sweepstakes - Chicago, IL
    Private event. 
  12. April 12, 2012- Brigham & Women's Hospital - Boston, MA
    Bornstein Amphitheater  
  13. April 5, 2012 - Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice - Concord, NH
    Christa McAuliffe Auditorium on Warren Street, Concord High School, Concord, NH 03301 
  14. March 31, 2012 - Second Annual Global Film Series on Women’s Human Rights - New York, NY
    CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, 219 W. 40th St.
  15. March 23, 2012 - Discovery Asia - Asia
    Asia TV broadcast premiere. Discovery Home and Health (StarHub Ch 425)
  16. March 9, 2012 - "Empowerment" exhibit with the Man Up Campaign - New York, NY
    25CPW, 2nd Level. 
  17. March 8, 2012- The University of Regina- Regina SK, Canada
    Language Institute, Room 215
  18. March 7, 2012 - Barclays Capital - New York, NY
    Private event. 
  19. March 1, 2012- Texas Children's Hospital - Houston, TX
    Sundance Cinemas
  20. February 28, 2012 - Young Professionals for CARE - New York, NY
    Norwood Club, 241 W. 14th Street, between 7th and 8th avenues, New York, New York
  21. February 27, 2012 - Columbia School of Midwifery - New York, NY
    Private screening. 
  22. January 11, 2012 - CARE srceening - Sydney, Australia
    Newtown Library
  23. December 15, 2011 - Servus TV - Germany
    German TV broadcast. 
  24. December 3, 2011- The Man Up Film Festival - New York, NY
    THE MAYSLES CINEMA
  25. November 16, 2011 - Princeton University- Princeton, NJ
    Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs
  26. November 14, 2011 - LREI Speaker Series - New York, NY
    Performing Arts Center at 40 Charlton Street
  27. October 19, 2011 - The Heather Egan Haynes Memorial Lecture - Northhampton, MA
    Forbes Library
  28. October 12, 2011 - NYU Langone Medical Center - New York, NY
    Private screening. 
  29. October 10, 2011 - Shanti Uganda - Omer, Israel
  30. September 26, 2011 - HATCH Collection Launch Party - New York, NY
     W New York Hotel Downtown. 
  31. September 21, 2011 - Word*Rock*& Sword: A Festival Exploration of Women's Lives - Brooklyn, NY
    Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza
  32. September 16-18, 2011 - Providence Latin American Film Festival - Providence, RI
    Bryant University & Providence College
  33. August 20, 2011 - Mama Glow Film Festival - Sag Harbor, NY
    wellNEST Studio. 
  34. August 2, 2011 – Evercore Partners – New York, NY
  35. July 24, 2011 - yes-Docu - Israel
    TV Broadcast in Israel. 
  36. July 5, 2011 - CARE Canada and Women's World 2011 - Ottawa, Canada
  37. June 7, 2011 – NBC screening – New York, NY
  38. June 20, 2011- Bangladesh Premiere - Dhaka, Bangladesh
    TBD.
  39. June 9, 2011 - UNFPA - Brussels, Belgium
    TBD.
  40. June 4, 2011 - OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network - USA
    11am ET/PT on TV in the USA.
  41. May 30, 2011- Plum Network's Plum Hamptons Launch - Southampton, NY
  42. May 28, 2011 -Les Dossiers de TEVA - France
    France TV Broadcast. 
  43. May 23, 2011 - MORE Magazine Reinvention Convention - Los Angeles, CA
    Los Angeles Convention Center 
  44. May 22, 2011 - OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network Canada - Canada
    Canada TV Broadcast.   
  45. May 13, 2011- McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health & Grand Challenges Canada- Toronto, Canada
    TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King Street West, Toronto
  46. May 7, 2011 - OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network- USA
    USA TV Broadcast Premiere
  47. May 2, 2011 - Paley Center For Media - New York, NY
    25 West 52 Street, New York, NY 10019
  48. April 13, 2011 - Ohio State University Health Sciences Center for Global Health - Columbus, OH
    Mershon Auditorium
  49. April 5, 2011 - Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
    Joseph B. Martin Conference Center 
  50. March 20, 2011 - Planned Parenthood of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT
    SLC Film Center
  51. March 17, 2011 - UCSF Global Health Sciences and Amnesty International - San Francisco, CA
    Gennentech Auditorium, Mission Bay Campus, UCSF
  52. March 16, 2011 - World Affairs Council - Seattle, WA
    Cinerama
  53. March 13, 2011 - Take One Action Film Festival w/Oxfam Scotland - Edinburgh, Scotland
    FilmHouse
  54. March 13, 2011 - SKY Atlantic - United Kingdom
    TV Broadcast
  55. March 9, 2011 - RTVE - Spain
    TV Broadcast in Spain. 
  56. March 8, 2011 - Equals on Film / (Wo)man Rights Nights - Bologna, Italy
    Cinema Lumière - Sala Officinema/Mastroianni - Cineteca di Bologna  
  57. March 7, 2011 - Goldman Sachs - New York, NY
  58. February 24, 2011- Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, YWCA of Fort Worth & Tarrant County, Women’s Policy Forum, and CARE Action Network - Forth Worth, TX
    Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Auditorium
  59. January 10, 2011 - Sun Valley Opera House - Sun Valley, Idaho
  60. December 9, 2010 - Watch Docs - Warsaw, Poland
  61. November 19, 2010 - ICARO Film Festival - Guatemala City, Guatemala
  62. November 13-14, 2010 - Starz Denver Film Festival - Denver, CO
    Starz FilmCenter
  63. October 25, 2010 - Jhpiego - Baltimore, MD
  64. October 2010 to Present - Brightwide - United Kingdom
    Brightwide.com
  65. October 2010 - BFI London Fim Festival - London, UK
  66. September 21, 2010 - NBC News Editorial Board screening - New York, NY
  67. September 16, 2010 - World Bank - Washington, DC
    Preston Auditorium, World Bank Main Complex
  68. September 1, 2010 - Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 - New Delhi, India
  69. July 2010 - Zanzibar International Film Festival and Village Screening Tour - Tanzania
  70. July 2010 - UN Screening with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - New York, NY
  71. June 17, 2010 - G(irls) 20 Summit - Toronto, CA
  72. April 17, 2010 - Private Screening for President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania - New York, NY
    Crosby Hotel
  73. June 15, 2010 – American College of Nurse Midwives Global Health Conference – Washington D.C.
    Marriott Wardman Park
  74. June 7-9, 2010 – Women Deliver 2010 – Washington D.C.
    Walter E. Washington Convention Center
  75. June 2, 2010 – Council on Foreign Relations – New York, NY
    New York, NY
  76. May 11-12, 2010 – CARE National Conference – Washington D.C.
    Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004
  77. April 24 to May 1, 2010 – Tribeca Film Festival – New York, NY
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Video Portraits

  1. No Woman, No Cry - First 17 Minutes

    "No Woman, No Cry" tells the powerful stories of at-risk pregnant women in four parts of the world, including a remote Maasai tribe in Tanzania, a slum of Bangladesh, a post-abortion care ward in Guatemala, and a prenatal clinic in the United States. The full film is available on iTunes.

  2. No Woman, No Cry Trailer

    In her gripping directorial debut, Christy Turlington Burns shares the powerful stories of at-risk pregnant women in four parts of the world, including a remote Maasai tribe in Tanzania, a slum of Bangladesh, a post-abortion care ward in Guatemala, and a prenatal clinic in the United States.

  3. Interview with Linda Valencia, MD

    Linda Valencia, MD, is a Program Officer with Planned Parenthood Federation of America in Guatemala. Linda works to deliver basic well-woman and reproductive care to women throughout the country.

  4. Interview with Godfrey Mbaruku, MD

    Godfrey Mbaruku, MD, is Deputy Director of the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. In many rural places, such as the sub-Saharan region, infrastructure, electricity, equipment, supplies, emergency transport and more skilled health workers are needed to meet the growing demands.

  5. Interview with Jennie Joseph, LM, CPM, Midwife

    Jennie Joseph, Midwife and Executive Director at The Birth Place/Commonsense Childbirth, discusses the extreme challenges uninsured pregnant women face when trying to pay for their care on a middle-income family budget, enroll in private health insurance while pregnant, or expedite a Medicare application.

  6. Interview with Sabina Faiz Rashid, Ph.D.

    Sabina Faiz Rashid, PhD is an Associate Professor at BRAC University in Bangladesh. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, nearly 80 percent of all women give birth at home without a skilled attendant. BRAC's Manoshi project is aimed at bringing skilled providers, who are equipped to handle complications, into the slums.

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