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Many long interviews and probing question facilitated the development of the screenplay from the book. To work out the kinks about dialogue and production, Kahn-Leavitt conducted workshops to try out the screenplay in actuality...
...Kahn-Leavitt saw all the suggestive possibilities of the "seemingly opaque and meaningless" passages of Martha's diary. "Laurel pieced it together and made it all begin to fit in, and I wanted to create the same experience on film...
...upcoming plans for "A Midwife's Tale," Kahn-Leavitt is excited about its air date on PBS next year and about plans for a CD-ROM and web site. The next step, she says, is to find a theatrical distributor to place the film in art houses throughout the country...
...Kahn-Leavitt stresses, "I don't care what it is, it's its own beast." Ulrich agrees: "The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History, and I think that is appropriate...it's not a conventional biography, it's really a work of social history...
...purpose of the film becomes clearer when one considers the intended audience: Kahn-Leavitt's vision of the film as an educational tool includes targeting the schools and classrooms and universities, not general audiences...