Hulu Ager is a 25-year-old inhabitant of Megendi, a village in rural northern Ethiopia. Expecting her fourth child she is caught between modern and traditional ideas of midwifery and, as check-ups at her local clinic alienate her from the medical system, she turns increasingly to the counsel of village midwife Endal. Sarah Noa Bozenhardt’s feature documentary debut is a collaboration with Ethiopian filmmaker Daniel Abate Tilahun, offering a uniquely intimate portrait of a community of rural women and their complex relationship towards female bodily autonomy.

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