Toxic: A Black Woman's Story
Racism. Toxic stress. Birth outcomes. How are these things intertwined? The short film, Toxic: A Black Woman's Story, seeks to explore that question - Peer into the world of the film's lead protagonist, Nina. An elite lawyer, loyal wife, and loving mother of a teen boy, Nina is navigating life (and a pregnancy) to the best of her ability. But sometimes the forces on a woman - especially a black woman - can be too much to bear. Follow Nina in this day-in-the-life drama, and see the world through the eyes of a successful black woman who must navigate an unjust world while trying to protect the world she has created for herself and her family.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: First Year Cleveland’s Pregnancy and Infant Loss Committee, Healthy Neighborhoods Committee of Healthy Cleveland, Stimuli Film, Your Story On Film
- Keyword: police brutality, pregnancy, racism
- Cast: Crystle Paynther Collins, Mike Head, Re'Shawn Reese, Fred Munkachy, Jennifer Anderson, Edlyn Sabrina
