A Midwife's Tale
Brief Synopsis
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Dramatization of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book about Martha Ballard, a midwife and mother in the wilds of Maine during the decades following the American Revolution. Ballard, kept a 27-year diary, from which Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote her book. An extraordinary woman, Ballard struggled against p
Cast & Crew
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Richard P Rogers
Director
Jonathan Glasser
Kevin Jubinville
Andrew Miller
Tari Signor
David Mccullough
Film Details
Also Known As
American Experience (01/19/98), The, Midwife's Tale
Genre
Adaptation
Historical
Release Date
1998
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
Synopsis
Dramatization of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book about Martha Ballard, a midwife and mother in the wilds of Maine during the decades following the American Revolution. Ballard, kept a 27-year diary, from which Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote her book. An extraordinary woman, Ballard struggled against poverty, disease, domestic abuse and social turmoil on the northern frontier of a young nation. Her story is interwoven with the quest of the historian to uncover Ballard's world from the sparsely detailed diary.
Director
Richard P Rogers
Director
Cast
Jonathan Glasser
Kevin Jubinville
Andrew Miller
Tari Signor
David Mccullough
Robert Jones
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Joel Hunter
Guy Grenier
John Cail
Ronald Spurles
Gil Rogers
William Harrison
Andrew Power
Ron Tough
Sarah Evans
Eric Jaillet
Doug Sutherland
Janet Monid
Kaiulani Lee
Patricia Welbourn
Kaiulani Kimbrell
Jenny Munday
Mia Dillon
Alyson Green
Charlie Rhindress
Waneta Storms
Paula Dawson
Susan Hayward
Wendy Way
Dawn Mckelvie-cyr
J. Smith-cameron
Henriette Ivanans
Crew
Jeff D Adams
Key Grip
Martin Albert
Key Grip
William Anderson
Editor
Pamela Scott Arnold
Editing
Brian A Backman
Location Coordinator
Jeffrey Baker
Assistant Camera Operator
Todd Boekelheide
Music
David Burroughs
Key Grip
Darrell Butler
Other
Ellen Caldwell
Set Decorator
Naomi Cromwell
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Tony Cucchiari
Photography
Bob Dallison
Segment Director
Giampaolo Debole
Production Manager
Nancy Deren
Production Designer
Stephanie Dixon
Hair Stylist
Dina Doll
Makeup
Candice Donnelly
Costume Designer
Robert Dracup
Gaffer
Margaret Drain
Executive Producer
Kim Marie Druce
Costume Designer
Rebecca Eaton
Consultant
Adam Escott
Assistant Director
Alyson Murphy Farley
Hair Stylist
Andrew Farley
Key Grip
Jeff Folmsbee
Line Producer
Jeff Folmsbee
Assistant Director
David A Ford
Assistant Camera Operator
Andrea Francis
Art Department Coordinator
Annie Fuller
Dresser
Jane C Gary
Assistant Editor
Sarah Giffen
Researcher
Dawna Gordon
Liaison
Stephanie Gorin
Casting
Rich Greenberg
Assistant Director
Michael Guerra
Gaffer
Denis Hahn
Line Producer
Barbara Hanania
Assistant Camera Operator
Amy Hobby
Production Manager
Bill Hunt
Special Makeup Effects
Garrett Immel
Makeup
Glenn Ingersoll
On-Set Dresser
Paul Jennison
Accountant
Laurie Kahn-leavitt
Writer
Laurie Kahn-leavitt
Producer
Jay Kessel
Sound Editor
Susan Korda
Editor
Elizabeth Kuchurean
Makeup
David Lee
Gaffer
Samuel Lehmer
Music
Gina Lombardino
Assistant Costume Designer
Judy Macmillan
Property Master
Arthur Mckay
Sound Mixer
Eytan Mirsky
Sound Editor
John Osborne
Sound Mixer
Holly Pawsey
Wardrobe Supervisor
Storn Peterson
Assistant Camera Operator
Steve Poster
Director Of Photography
Kate Raisz
Segment Associate Producer
Kate Raisz
Location Manager
Andrew Ramsay
Associate Producer
Dave Reardon
Lead Set Dresser
Rowena Rowling
Set Decorator
Mark Samels
Producer
Harold Saunderson
Animal Wrangler
Maurice Schell
Sound Editor
Marcia Shulman
Casting
William Craig Smith
Art Director
Reilly Steele
Sound Mixer
Peter Stein
Director Of Photography
Michelle Stone
Production Coordinator
Irin Strauss
Sound Mixer
Jerri Udelson
Production Accountant
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Book As Source Material
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Advisor
Maria Von Torfeld
Hair Stylist
Richard Wester
Property Master
Leslie Yarmo
Wardrobe Supervisor
Robert Zimmerman
Photography
Film Details
Also Known As
American Experience (01/19/98), The, Midwife's Tale
Genre
Adaptation
Historical
Release Date
1998
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
