In Conversation Filmmaker Comment

<p>In Conversation is a short documentary about safe abortion. While abortion is legal in South Africa many woman still risk unsafe practices due to the pressures of patriarchy and stigma. The film is told from the perspective of health practitioners across South Africa.</p>

In Conversation

South African health professionals and advocates discuss the stigma and importance of abortion services in their communities.

<p>Chicago, 1969… Imagine a world where abortion is punishable by prison, and getting birth control is nearly impossible. As a result, women die every day from taking matters into their own hands. When a pregnant student at the University of Chicago attempts to take her own life, Rose (Cait Cortelyou) and Janice (Cody Horn) find a doctor willing to perform the procedure in secret to save the woman’s life. Sparked by this experience, Rose and Janice form the Jane Collective: a secret organization to help other women obtain safe and illegal abortions. Operating like a spy network, complete with blindfolds and code names, the Janes help thousands of women…but they can’t hide from the police forever.</p>

Ask for Jane

Based on real events, Ask for Jane tells the story of a group of young college women who developed an underground abortion network that helped over 11,000 women get illegal abortions in Chicago between 1969 and 1973.

Ask For Jane Filmmaker Comment

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