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    Photo Gallery: “The Ebony Canal” highlights maternal health

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    Emmai Alaquiva, the director of "The Ebony Canal," speaking to an audience on Feb. 12, 2026 in Baker Hall. The Ebony Canal is an award-winning documentary narrated by Viola Davis. The documentary focuses on maternal health in Black and Brown women. (Max Randall/B&W Staff)
    Emmai Alaquiva speaks to an audience in Baker Hall on Feb. 12, 2026. Alaquiva refers to himself as a “cinematic poet.” (Max Randall/B&W Staff)
    Alana-Yzola Daly and Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew are pictured watching Alaquiva speak. Yzola-Daly and Larkins-Pettigrew are both contributors to “The Ebony Canal.” (Max Randall/B&W Staff)
    Panelists after a screening of “The Ebony Canal” in Baker Hall on Feb. 12, 2026. From left to right; Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew; Aika Aluc; Emmai Alaquiva; Taneka Jones; Alana Yzola-Daly. (Max Randall/B&W Staff)
    Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew was featured as a panelist after the screening of “The Ebony Canal.” Larkins-Pettigrew said she specializes in maternal care, especially for women living with HIV. (Max Randall/B&W Staff)
    Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew is pictured at the reception before the screening of “The Ebony Canal” in Butz Lobby on Feb. 12, 2026. Larkins-Pettigrew is a professor and academic chair in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Drexel University. (Max Randall/B&W Staff)

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