# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Perennial Midwifery: Film Screening (Livestream available)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a special evening and discussion celebrating the local release of the NSI StoryHive Telus Original short documentary: Perennial Midwifery!

Thursday March 12, 2026
7-9PM (Doors open at 6:30PM)
EMCS Sooke HighSchool Auditorium (Google Map Link https://maps.app.goo.gl/SS9vdwYbAVZhUWfH7 )
Pay What You Can / Suggested Donation $15 > Tickets https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/perennial-midwifery-film-screening-tickets-1982841212443
Will also be livestreamed for remote/home access - see ticket purchase for details

Synopsis:
The intergenerational story of two midwives who met and practiced in Sooke, BC: local legend Uta Herold, originally from Germany, and protégé Crystal Herie, originally from the Métis community in qathet (Powell River). Hear their remarkable tale of coming together, from fearful skeptic to fully educated convert, each setting out to bring circular care to regional birthing families through their nearly lost vocation. Midwifery, which was only 'legalized' or government regulated in BC in 1998, was nearly lost as a critical traditional community service and deeply needed local resource. Created by -former and current- Sooke regional residents: Lesley Marshall (writer, animator, director, editor, composer), Melanie Butler (associate producer), Jayne Walling (musical contributor), and Gavin Andrews (post-production). Featuring Uta Herold and Crystal Herie of Sooke Midwifery.

>7PM - Introduction & Screening
"Somos Parteiras (We Are Midwives)" (1999) 20min documentary by Gavin Andrews
Following traditional midwives of the Amazon rainforest on their joureny to the Brazilian capital city to make a "radio-soap", we see what happens when the state recognizes the role of midwives as healthcare providers. (Portugese with English subtitles)
>7:30PM - Poetry reading by Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi
Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi is a poet who strives to instigate action in service to world-building, social change, and collaboration. Her full-length collection, DREAMS FOR EARTH, was recently published by Deep Vellum.
>7:45PM - Screening "Perennial Midwifery" (2025) 15min documentary by Lesley Marshall
>8PM - Music/Live video performance by Jayne Walling and Lesley Marshall
Jayne Walling is an international multi-disciplinary artist who trained at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris, France and is currently developing her solo musical show “Nana” in collaboration with MAVN Network and Puente Theatre.
>8:15PM - Q and A Discussion on centemporary midwifery with Uta Herold and Gavin Andrews

Made by MAVN, Lesley Marshall:

Lesley Marshall is a multi-award-winning filmmaker, intermedia artist, current MFA candidate, and 2024-2026 resident fellow at UVic. Projection art, cinema and videography by Lesley has toured and screened nationally and internationally at over 120 festivals. They were the 2023 CMPA Diversity Mentorship Recipient and associate producer for the CBC/PBS feature Animal Pride (2025) and a commissioned animator for CBC’s The Nature of Things. Watch their previous documentary featuring their mom ;) CBC Digital Short "The Colour Orange". Lesley has presented on filmmaking technical ethics at the Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival and Conference London UK, Visual Impetus & University of Victoria, University of Ottawa, CineVic, Carleton University and Surveillance and Society Conference in the Netherlands. Lesley is featured on Rolling Stone, American Songwriter, Vice, Exclaim!, Brooklyn Vegan, Aux, Rookie Mag, & Stereogum.

www.mavnetwork.com // https://mavnetwork.webflow.io/

The film was created through the support of Creative BC, StoryHive, the National Screen Institute, and the BC Arts Council.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sooke/perennial-midwifery-film-screening-livestream-available/200029701315121
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, festivals, virtual, business, literary-art, nonprofit, conferences, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 106

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Sooke
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Edward Milne Community School Acc, Sooke, BC V9Z, Canada
- **lat**: 48.38826
- **long**: -123.69722
- **full address**: Edward Milne Community School Acc, Sooke, BC V9Z, Canada

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Perennial Midwifery: Film Screening (Livestream available) being held?
  - **A:** Perennial Midwifery: Film Screening (Livestream available) takes place on Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Edward Milne Community School Acc, Sooke, BC V9Z, Canada.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Perennial Midwifery: Film Screening (Livestream available)?
  - **A:** Perennial Midwifery: Film Screening (Livestream available) is organized by MAVN.

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