NO ONE TOLD ME DOCUMENTARY
No One Told Me provides a raw and honest look at the postpartum period, a unique time in a woman's life that is rarely captured in documentary film.
The purely observational footage of incredibly intimate moments shows the highs and lows encountered by parents Elise and Marc as they adapt to life with a baby.
HOST A SCREENING
No One Told Me has screened at cinema's, conferences, colleges and libraries all over the world. Here is an overview of past and upcoming screenings.
Interested in hosting a screening? Contact info@merryfilm.com for information and pricing. Consider including a virtual Q&A with filmmaker Zulilah Merry.
EDUCATIONAL USE
No One Told Me is a valued educational tool for professional development, doula trainings, midwifery schools, highschools and colleges.
Interested in sharing No One Told Me with your students? Contact info@merryfilm.com for information and pricing.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
I made this film after becoming a mother in 2018 and being totally unprepared for how hard those first weeks and months of motherhood are. Initially I thought it was just me. I thought that I was having a hard time because something was wrong with me. When I realized that most women struggle with the transition into motherhood, the idea for No One Told Me was born. A film that observes one woman from birth, through the first days and weeks postpartum. Allowing the viewer to experience the many raw and tender moments alongside the mew mother.
This film is a testament to the fact that as humans we have so much more in common than we think and that we are not as alone as we feel. The power of being vulnerable is to show others that it is safe to share and that it is safe to feel it all. My hope is that No One Told Me contributes to new mothers and their villages to feel deeper into what's needed during the postpartum time. Creating new traditions and support systems that allow new mothers to feel safe and loved and held.
- Zulilah Merry, Director No One Told Me
Viewers about No One Told Me
I am the mother of two boys and it was so refreshing, encouraging and supportive to watch another woman in a postpartum situation that felt at times, so similar to my own and that normalises everything that comes along with having a baby. So much love for this documentary!
I was moved, and in all honesty, realized that I have much healing to do regarding postpartum depression trauma.
I would urge every birth-and-family worker to watch this film and incorporate it into your practice.
Throughout my years of practice in Midwifery, I spent a great deal of time trying to prepare mothers and families for postpartum. I only wish I could have had this film as part of that preparation as there is nothing like the visceral and visual presentation of lived reality when it comes to generating attention and response
I am in awe of this documentary. It is very rare to see any real-life experiences of postpartum on screen, particularly the hard parts and this documentary managed to do it so well.
We cried at the rawness and laughed at the relatability. The world needs to see No One Told Me Documentary.
No One Told Me is a must see movie for pregnant people, parenting people or anyone supporting a birthing person!
SCREENINGS
Upcoming screenings
No upcoming screenings.
Past screenings
21 March 2026 North Carolina Birth Center - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
6 May 2025 Peoria Public Library - Peoria, Illinois
25 October 2024 WIC conference - Augusta, Maine
21 October 2024 Belfast Free Library - Belfast, Maine
18 May 2024 Birth Roots Maine - Portland, Maine
15 May 2024 Victoria Park Community Centre - Perth, Western Australia
1 May 2024 Onyx Downtown Theater - Nevada City, California
13 April 2024 Conference: Samen Bevallen - The Netherlands
20 April 2024 Maine Film Center hosted by KVCAP - Waterville, Maine
7 February 2024 Children's House Montessori School - Camden, Maine
12 December 2023 Waterfall Arts - Belfast, Maine
10 November 2023 Midwifery Wisdom Conference - Denver, Colorado
21 October 2023 DONA Conference - Minneapolis, Minnesota
7 October 2023 Whitefield Library- Whitefield, Maine
28 September 2023 Virtual Screening - National Midwifery Institute
20 September 2023 Conference: Maine Families Statewide Home Visiting Program - Freeport, Maine
8 September 2023 Virtual screening and Q&A session on Zoom with Elise and Zulilah
23 August 2023 Baby Booty Workout Studio- Portland, Maine
31 July 2023 Virtual screening and Q&A session on Zoom with Elise and Zulilah
25 June 2023 Virtual screening and Q&A session on Zoom with Elise and Zulilah
13 May 2023 Kenworthy Performance Art Center - Moscow, Idaho
13 May 2023 Portland Museum of Art - Portland, Maine
7 May 2023 Ambler Theatre -Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
26 March 2023 Filmhuis Zevenaar - Zevenaar, The Netherlands
8 March 2023 Cinema Amstelveen - Amstelveen, The Netherlands
26 February 2023 Eveningstar Cinema - Brunswick, Maine (sold out)
15 January 2023 Eveningstar Cinema - Brunswick, Maine (sold out)
7 January 2023 The Alamo Theatre - Bucksport, Maine
5 November 2022 Central Scotland Documentary Festival - Stirling, Scotland
16 October 2022 New Haven Documentary Festival - New Haven, Connecticut
8 October 2022 Awareness Festival - Los Angeles, California
1 October 2022 Rockport Opera House - Rockport, Maine