Paula Eiselt Director (Aftershock)

Paula Eiselt is an award-winning independent feature-film filmmaker, producer, and activist known for her journalistic rigor in telling cinematic stories led by strong-willed characters. She is most notably known for her two award-winning documentary features, 93Queen and Aftershock.

Aftershock, which spotlights the long-lasting effects of the US maternal health crisis, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Doc Competition and was awarded the Special Jury Award: Impact for Change. The film won the Full Frame Film Festival’s Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights and screened as an official selection at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. Aftershock was acquired by Disney’s Onyx Collective and ABC News Studios. The film released on Hulu in the US and on Disney+ worldwide on July 19.