initiated by sumil_M on September 07, 2008 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821055/)
Martha Ballard was a real American housewife and mother in the early days of our country. She was also a midwife who delivered hundreds of babies into the new world well into her old age. The hearty, rough-hewn character actress Kaulani Lee plays her to perfection, reminiscent of Anne Revere in "The Song of Bernadette". As her journal is played out, we see her children grow and marry, and get i more
Martha Ballard was a real American housewife and mother in the early days of our country. She was also a midwife who delivered hundreds of babies into the new world well into her old age. The hearty, rough-hewn character actress Kaulani Lee plays her to perfection, reminiscent of Anne Revere in "The Song of Bernadette". As her journal is played out, we see her children grow and marry, and get into trouble (along with their father) as the country struggles with democracy. Using authentic locales, props, & costumes, the filmmakers deliver a strong sense of the realities in living 200 years ago. This would make a good movie for Mother's Day or the 4th of July paired with "Drums Along the Mohawk" or "The Grapes of Wrath".
