When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories
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| Directed by | Dorothy Fadiman |
| Produced by | Danny McGuire, Beth Selzer, Daniel Myers, KTEH, and Dorothy Fadiman |
| Narrated by | Dorothy Fadiman |
| Music by | Erika Luckett |
Production company | Concentric Media |
| Distributed by | Bullfrog Films[1] |
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Running time | 28 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Dorothy Fadiman. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[3][4] The film consists of first person stories which reveal the physical, emotional and legal consequences of having or providing an abortion when it was a criminal act. The film is the first of three films called the Reproductive Rights Trilogy or "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond."
References[edit]
- ^ Coale, Kristi (August 1995). "When abortion was illegal". Progressive. 59 (8): 16. ISSN 0033-0736.
- ^ "When Abortion was Illegal: Untold Stories". unaff.org. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
- ^ "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ^ "NY Times: When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
External links[edit]
- The Power of Choice Project films
- When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories at IMDb
- The short film When Abortion Was Illegal is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories at Bullfrog Films
- Film Review from PersephoneMagazine.com, Nov 2011
