2025 Nominees

Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

Production Company: Take Flight Films

Produced for: MTV Documentary Films

Executive Producer (Production Company): Lauren Wimbush, Sheila Nevins, Stanley Nelson

Executive Producer (network/platform): Nina L. Diaz, Liza Burnett Fefferman

Country or Territory where first released: USA

Synopsis:

BIRTHING A NATION explores the story of forced reproduction in the antebellum South and reveals the agency of Mary Gaffney – an enslaved woman who took control of her body and fertility. Her 1930s interview and voices from Black women scholars underscore the significance of this historic context.