New York, NY, April 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — After an award-winning movie competition season, together with 2 Emmy Awards, 3 Webby Awards, 5 Telly Awards, and an NAACP Picture Award for Excellent Brief Kind Documentary Movie, The Ebony Canal, directed by Emmy-award successful Emmai Alaquiva and narrated by EGOT- successful actress Viola Davis, declares the launch of its world tour.
The Ebony Canal: International Start Fairness Tour will deliver the critically acclaimed documentary into communities throughout the nation and internationally by way of curated screenings, neighborhood conversations, and on-the-ground activations centered on advancing Black maternal and toddler well being.
The tour builds on a rising nationwide and worldwide presence, with upcoming activations on the American Black Movie Competition and participation within the Competition de Cannes this Could by way of Pavilion Afro Nova, led by CEO and Founder Karine Barclais.
“It’s important now more than ever, that we capitalize on this moment in our movement. It is not lost on me or my team that the time is now for us to activate, reach as many people as possible, and save more mothers and babies”, acknowledged movie Director, Emmai Alaquiva.
As a part of its tutorial engagement technique, The Ebony Canal has launched a focused curriculum centered effort to medical universities and faculties. In latest months the movie has screened at Tennessee State College, Carnegie Mellon College, the College of Connecticut, College of Pittsburgh, and Lehigh College with further campus screenings underway with Howard and Harvard Universities.
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2026 GLOBAL TOUR SCHEDULE*
The Ebony Canal: International Start Fairness Tour, led by Perry Media, launches subsequent week with confirmed screenings, institutional engagements, and world competition appearances throughout the USA and internationally:
April 11, 2026 — Seattle, WASurge Seattle, Rainier Arts Heart
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April 13, 2026 — Wilmington, DEDHMIC Summit, The Chase Heart at Riverfront
April 13, 2026 — Harrisburg, PAWhitaker Heart for Science and the Arts, 6:00 PM
April 14, 2026 — New York, NYPress Day — Manner Up with Angela Yee, WBLS
April 16, 2026 — New York, NYLevel Ahead, IFC Heart
April 16, 2026 — VirtualEastern Space, The Hyperlinks, Included
April 26, 2026 — Rochester, NYHealth Transformers
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April 28, 2026 — Newark, NJ March of Dimes – Kean College
Could 10, 2026 — Los Angeles, CAPower Mothers Tour with iRTH and Naturi Naughton-Lewis
Could 12–23, 2026 — Cannes, FranceCannes Movie Competition, Pavilion Afro Nova
Could 27–31, 2026 — Miami, FLAmerican Black Movie Competition
June 3–14, 2026 — New York, NYTribeca Movie Competition
June 19, 2026 — Atlanta, GAPower Mothers Tour with iRTH and Naturi Naughton-Lewis
June 26, 2026 — Baltimore, MDChi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
August 7–13, 2026 — Oak Bluffs, MAMartha’s Winery Movie FestivalPower Mothers Tour with iRTH and Naturi Naughton-Lewis
September 10–16, 2026 — Toronto, CanadaToronto Worldwide Movie Competition
*Extra college engagements, worldwide activations, and community-based screenings will likely be introduced as a part of the continued world rollout.
Constructing on the movie’s nationwide momentum, the tour is designed to convene healthcare leaders, advocates, households, and policymakers to interact in significant dialogue, elevate lived experiences, and discover options addressing disparities in maternal and toddler well being outcomes all whereas amplifying the disaster general.
Choose tour stops will host movie star appearances from start fairness leaders featured in The Ebony Canal documentary – BirthFund founder, Elaine Welteroth, 4Kira4Moms founder, Charles Johnson and iRTH APP founder, Kimberly Seals Allers with actress Naturi Naughton-Lewis. The Ebony Canal will be part of choose dates with Allers and Naughton-Lewis.
The rising response to the venture continues to increase its attain throughout communities, establishments, and world platforms, reinforcing the necessity for sustained engagement and options that tackle the realities of Black maternal well being.
The final word measure of success stays clear for The Ebony Canal staff. Saving extra lives.
About The Ebony Canal
The Ebony Canal is an Emmy Award-winning documentary movie that brings collectively coverage, artistry, and lived expertise to disclose how Black maternal and toddler well being stands on the intersection of affection and justice. The movie examines the HERstoric portal between the disparities of toddler mortality and the present state of maternal well being.
The movie captures the humanity and inequities shaping Black motherhood by way of the tales of Mariah Peoples, Rachel Strader, Alana Yzola Daly, and Larissa Lane. It additionally options appearances and commentary from Vice President Kamala Harris, Lamman Rucker, and Elaine Welteroth, with inventive contributions by Keke Palmer.
The movie options an authentic rating by Bud’da (Stephen Anderson), a Grammy-nominated producer and composer whose work blends emotion and storytelling. It’s additional grounded in knowledge and analytic insights from Dr. Margaret Larkins Pettigrew, whose analysis highlights the systemic realities defining start and survival for Black households in America.
Government Produced by Brenda Gilbert, Lekha Singh, Sanjay Rawal, and Sam Reiman.Particular due to the Richard King Mellon Basis and Janis Burley of the August Wilson African American Cultural Heart for his or her contributions to this movie.
Media Heart:The Ebony Canal brief movie has garnered the next honors:
2) Emmy Awards 57th NAACP Picture Award (Excellent Brief-Kind Documentary) 3) Webby Awards 5) Telly Awards Anthem Awards ESSENCE FF (Greatest Documentary for Social Affect) URBANWORLD FF (Greatest Documentary for Cultural Consciousness)
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Kickin of Black Maternal Well being Week
Viola Davis with Director Emmai Alaquiva
