Actress Viola Davis lends support to documentary on Black maternal health

Larissa Lane wasn’t afraid to tell her story.Now 36 years old, she’ll absolutely, positively nev­er forget her son, Zuri. He was just two days old when he passed away on Sept. 24, 2022. One of the most traumatic events to ever happen to Lane, she said that she truly un­derstood the meaning of the word “village” as she coped with Zuri’s death.“People were dropping off food, people were do­nating money, sending me groceries, some people would come over and cook for me, I had people come over and do laundry for me and clean up for me. I’m very grateful to my village, during that time, it was such a crucial time,” Lane said on her YouTube podcast. “It makes me re­ally emotional because you don’t really realize the people that are really there for you until you re­ally go through things.”There’s so much more that Lane shared to film­maker Emmai Alaquiva as part of a new documen­tary called, “The Ebony Canal.” The documentary will be shown for the first time in full on Friday, July 19, at 7 p.m. at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. Alaquiva told the New Pittsburgh Courier the tickets are go­ing like hotcakes....