PBS Short Film Festival

Twice as Likely

Season 2022 Episode 26 | 6m 18s | Video has closed captioning.

While the White infant mortality rate is 4.6 per 1,000 U.S. births, the Black infant mortality rate is 10.8. Longstanding, systemic inequities result in racial disparity in every facet of maternal and infant health, studies show. Dr. Renee Canady shares her intimate experience of the painful loss of her newborn son.