MaryAnn’s quick take… An enraging, essential documentary rundown of all the ways that women’s rights, agency, and bodily autonomy are under attack in the Us. It’s not just about abortion. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m a staunch and rabid feminist
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Do you know what the landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Roe v. Wade is all about? It seems like an easy question, but as we see in the enraging and incredibly necessary documentary Birthright: A War Story, many young American women do not know that it secured their legal right across the country to have an abortion. Tougher question: Do you know that, if you’re a female patient at a Catholic hospital in the Us with a reproductive-related medical issue, a bishop may get...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Do you know what the landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Roe v. Wade is all about? It seems like an easy question, but as we see in the enraging and incredibly necessary documentary Birthright: A War Story, many young American women do not know that it secured their legal right across the country to have an abortion. Tougher question: Do you know that, if you’re a female patient at a Catholic hospital in the Us with a reproductive-related medical issue, a bishop may get...
- 7/21/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
“This film is the real-life Handmaid’s Tale.”
That’s how Civia Tamarkin and Luchina Fisher, the filmmakers behind Birthright: A War Story, characterize their new documentary about the rapid swell of abortion restrictions in the United States.
The documentary explores the numerous ways in which the pro-life movement has continuously worked to “roll back” access to abortion and routine health care for women over the past 40 years.
“You are talking about a physical embattlement here,” Tamarkin tells People. “Women are under siege. It’s pretty clear that from the moment the Roe vs. Wade ruling came down, the anti-abortion movement declared war.
That’s how Civia Tamarkin and Luchina Fisher, the filmmakers behind Birthright: A War Story, characterize their new documentary about the rapid swell of abortion restrictions in the United States.
The documentary explores the numerous ways in which the pro-life movement has continuously worked to “roll back” access to abortion and routine health care for women over the past 40 years.
“You are talking about a physical embattlement here,” Tamarkin tells People. “Women are under siege. It’s pretty clear that from the moment the Roe vs. Wade ruling came down, the anti-abortion movement declared war.
- 7/20/2017
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
Birthright: A War Story Abramamorama Director: Civia Tamarkin Written by: Lucina Fisher, Civia Tamarkin Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 7/11/17 Opens: July 14 in NY; July 28 in La Perhaps the number one priority of the conservative movement in America is that government should restrict itself largely to the defense of the people; that regulations […]
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- 7/12/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
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