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Kimi Werner Shares the Beginning of Her First Birth Journey

Season 13 Episode 5 | 3m 06s

Meet Kimi Werner, Native Hawaiian free diver and spearfisher, as she shares the beginning of her first birth journey. Early on, Kimi didn't know where or who to turn to for questions and support about a desired birth plan-- until she met Sachiko Fukumoto and Ye Nguyen.

Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Indigenous women around the Pacific seek support in their birth choices.
Rava Ray, Tahitian photographer and artist, sought an ocean birth for her first child.
Ioana Turia, competitive paddler and free diver, shares her birth journey in Rarotonga.
Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists stand to protect their sacred Mauna Kea.
Two sisters, Kapulei Flores and Hāwane Rios, share a responsibility to protect Mauna Kea.
Thousands of Native Hawaiians and protectors of Mauna Kea gather in protest.
New theater production by Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne reclaims and celebrates māhū people.
Kumu Patrick Makuakāne designed his show to be inclusive in dance, song, and costume.
What does it mean to be māhū? Kumu Patrick Makuakāne shares why it's the name of his show.
Kalā and others begin the palila annual survey point counts on Mauna Kea.