Hi Lorraine,

Women Make Movies has a few films that may be of interest:

Middle of Everywhere
The Abortion Debate from America's 
Heartland<http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c773.shtml>
South Dakota is America’s heartland—waving cornfields, hard-working farmers, 
family values and a population of 750,000, the majority of whom identify as 
conservative and anti-abortion. Native daughter Rebecca Lee returns home in 
2006 on the brink of a historic state vote: House Bill 1215 could make South 
Dakota the first state to outlaw most abortions since Roe vs. Wade passed 
almost 30 years earlier. In The Middle of Everywhere, Lee discovers the debate 
to be complex, with both sides claiming compassion for women and the same 
desire to stop the need for abortion.

A Girl Like Her<http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c846.shtml>
From 1945-73, 1.5 million unmarried young American women, facing enormous 
social pressures, surrendered babies to adoption. Lacking sex education and 
easy access to birth control, they were forced into hiding while pregnant and 
then into “abandoning” their infants. In her latest film, Ann Fessler, 
Professor of Photography at Rhode Island School of Design, reprises the subject 
of her award-winning The Girls Who Went Away (National Book Critics Circle; 
Ballard Book Prize), which Ms. readers named an all-time best feminist book.

Drawing on interviews with 100 women, Fessler lets them have their say and 
brings hidden history to light. We hear only their voices, which detail 
wrenching experiences against images from vintage newsreel and educational 
films reinforcing stereotypes of women’s roles following WWII. This gripping 
documentary will help today’s students grasp what life was like before the 
sexual and feminist revolutions had fully dawned.

Although older, I also highly recommend this one:

Jane: An Abortion Service<http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c410.shtml>
This fascinating political look at a little-known chapter in women's history 
tells the story of "Jane", the Chicago-based women's health group who performed 
nearly 12,000 safe illegal abortions between 1969 and 1973 with no formal 
medical training. As Jane members describe finding feminism and clients 
describe finding Jane, archival footage and recreations mingle to depict how 
the repression of the early sixties and social movements of the late sixties 
influenced this unique group. Both vital knowledge and meditation on the 
process of empowerment, Jane: An Abortion Service showcases the importance of 
preserving women's knowledge in the face of revisionist history.


Best,

Amy Aquilino
Women Make Movies
Distribution and Sales Coordinator
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New York, NY  10001
(p)212-925-0606 ext. 305
(f)212-925-2052

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[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Wochna, Lorraine
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2014 1:50 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] women's repro rights - films

Hi all,
Looking for some good docs/films on women’s reproductive rights, united states, 
within past 10 years.
Suggestions?

Is there any way to search across all the vendors (mostly the vendors at NMM), 
at the same time?  Or I’m missing something.
Thanks, as always for your wisdom.

Best,
lorraine

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