Documenting
the living
knowledge of
birth, care,
and community
≈
A media lab rooted in relationship,
research, and collective care.
Komadrona Media Lab produces documentary films, photography, and research media that document reproductive justice, traditional midwifery, ancestral care systems, and community knowledge.
Documenting the living knowledge of
birth, care, and community
≈
A media lab rooted in relationship,
research, and collective care.
Komadrona Media Lab produces documentary films, photography, and research media that document reproductive justice, traditional midwifery, ancestral care systems, and community knowledge.
Why this
work
matters
Birth has always been central to human life, yet the voices who know it best have too often been silenced, marginalized, or ignored.
At Komadrona Medica Lab, we do anthropology through media, creating spaces for community conversation centering experts the world has overlooked and marginalized. Through our photo exhibits, archives, and documentaries, we make living knowledge visible and break the silence and violence around birth.
LISTEN with us. SPEAK with us. STAND with us in changing how the world sees birth.
Meet our
experts
The people behind the conversations.
Komadrona brings together midwives, educators, researchers, filmmakers, and other practitioners whose work opens new perspectives on birth, care, reproductive justice, and community knowledge.
Why this work matters
Why Document
Ancestral Care Systems?
Traditional knowledge surrounding birth and caregiving has often been overlooked or excluded from dominant narratives.
Our work documents these living knowledge systems through film, photography, and collaborative research.
Bring Kimberly
to your Community
Community Conversations
Talks and discussions that open new perspectives on community birth, and midwifery.
Book events
Book talks, launches, conversations, and signings surrounding Midwives Don't Cry.
Educational programs
Engagements for schools, midwifery and community organizations
Conferences & gatherings
Bring Kimberly to your classroom, community, conference, or event
FEATURED FILM
Birth Wars enters a conversation that reaches far beyond one healthcare system.
Who is trusted to care for a birthing person?
Whose knowledge is recognized?
What happens when ancestral practices meet institutional medicine?
The film offers a close look at the people working within these tensions—and at the possibility of building bridges between worlds that have too often been placed in opposition.
Watch the Official Trailer Below
Screenings
and Events
Bring the conversation
beyond the screen.
Through the lens of a photograph, documentaries, screenings, panels, and gatherings we create spaces for dialogue around birth, care, reproductive justice, and ancestral knowledge.
La Tullpa
Educational
Licensing
Our films are available for educational licensing by universities, libraries, museums, public health
programs, and community organizations.
Educational Licensing
Our films are available for educational licensing by universities, libraries, museums, public health programs, and community organizations.
Host Kimberly
in your Community
Community Conversations
Talks and discussions that open new perspectives on community birth, and midwifery.
Book events
Book talks, launches, conversations, and signings surrounding Midwives Don't Cry.
Educational programs
Engagements for schools, midwifery and community organizations
Conferences & gatherings
Bring Kimberly to your classroom, community, conference, or event
Photograph Archive
A growing archive documenting traditional midwifery, home birth, education, and community practice.
Photograph Archive
At Komadrona Media Lab we are presenting our new and beloved project: PARTERAS EN RESISTENCIA PHOTOGRAPH AND HISTORICAL Archive. A growing archive documenting the memory, knowledge and wisdom of midwives in the Afrodiaspora; in the Caribbean, Latin America, and our indigenous and ancestral territories.
Screenings
& Events
Bring the conversation
beyond the screen.
Documentaries, screenings, panels, and gatherings that create space for dialogue around birth, care, reproductive justice, and ancestral knowledge.
Keep the Stories Alive
Komadrona Media Lab brings stories of birth, traditional care and community knowledge into the world.
Help us preserve these stories, bring them to new audiences, and keep the conversation going.
HOST
Bring a Komadrona Media Lab film to your community or organization. Host a screening followed by a conversation with a panel of experts, creating space to explore birth, traditional care, ancestral knowledge, and reproductive justice.
SUPPORT
Help preserve the stories, knowledge, and experiences that shape our understanding of birth and community care. Your contribution supports Komadrona Media Lab’s projects, including the Parteras en Resistencia Archive and its work to preserve midwives’ stories for generations to come.
BELONG
Follow the stories as they unfold. Sign up for our newsletter to hear about new projects, screenings, events, and opportunities to get involved. Komadrona Media Lab grows through the people who believe in and make space for this work.
Collaborators
& Community
Work We Believe In
We support and amplify community films, books, people, and
projects that expand how we understand birth, care, and community.
Collaborators & Community
Work We Believe In
We amplify films, books, people, and projects that expand how we understand birth, care, and community.
Documentary collection
Explore our growing catalog of documentary films.
