Before David / written, directed and edited by Melissa Saucedo Gonzalez.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gonzalez, Melissa Saucedo, director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Third World Newsreel (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Pregnancy.

Depression, Mental.

Depression in women.

Mental illness in pregnancy.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (20 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, 2015.

Language Note:

In Spanish with English subtitles.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

A short documentary film about pre-partum depression, its symptoms, and the difficulties it poses when a woman is going through extreme physical and emotional changes.The film reflects on the constructed image of the pregnant woman in Western society, and on the expectations placed on women at a time when they are undergoing an extreme physical and emotional transformation. It challenges the prevalent idea that pregnancy is an antidote to depression in women, and that symptoms of depression tend to occur only after birth, as postpartum depression. Before David aims to create awareness and start a conversation about women's mental health during pregnancy, and about the dangers of antenatal depression for women and their newborns.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 09, 2020).

OCLC:

1200166537