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Cast

Mary Othella Burnette

Mary Othella Burnette

Self

Crew

Rachel Hartman

Rachel Hartman

Executive Producer

Savannah Winchester

Savannah Winchester

Producer

Jasmyn Morris

Jasmyn Morris

Audio Post Coordinator

Jarrod Sport

Jarrod Sport

Audio Post Coordinator

Jo Corona

Jo Corona

Sound

Richard O'Connor

Richard O'Connor

Director

Dave Isay

Dave Isay

Executive Producer

Jarrett Floyd

Jarrett Floyd

Mixing Engineer

Neil Strauch

Neil Strauch

Music Supervisor

Marquis Hill

Marquis Hill

Musician

Taisiya Zaretskaya

Taisiya Zaretskaya

Animation

Hamid Drake

Hamid Drake

Musician

Natalie Greene

Natalie Greene

Graphic Designer

Joshua Abrams

Joshua Abrams

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Joshua Abrams

Joshua Abrams

Music Supervisor

Joshua Abrams

Joshua Abrams

Musician

Natalie Greene

Natalie Greene

Animation

Emmet Kelly

Emmet Kelly

Musician

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Labor of Love

20220.0 / 103 min
Documentary

Overview

If somebody needed help, Granny was going.

Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden was born into enslavement in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She was 7 years old when she was freed. She stayed in Black Mountain and became a midwife, delivering several hundred babies including her own grandchildren. Her granddaughter, Mary Othella Burnette, came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Debora Hamilton Palmer, to honor the family matriarch. [Overview Courtesy of Storycorps]