Abortion: Desperate Choices
1992 | 67m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson |
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| An intensely personal exploration of an explosive issue -- abortion in America. Wrenching first-person narratives from seven decades of women, each one facing an unplanned pregnancy -- and the dreadful decision that no one wants to make. Both pro-life and pro-choice, both out front on the picket line and inside the clinic, these women's stories turn politics into heart-searing drama: a pregnant 17-year-old and her pro-life mother whose conflict unfolds in front of the camera; a 22-year-old who became a pro-life protester when she learned that her mother nearly aborted her; an unhappy mother-of-two who's expecting a third when her marriage suddenly hits the rocks; a 71-year-old grandmother who still grieves for her mother, an early victim of illegal abortion. In this fusion of past and present, the history of abortion is the history of women -- told at a time in America when yesterday's back-alley abortions may be the only choice left for tomorrow. | |
| Release Date: | May 05, 1992 |
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| Director: | Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | abortion |
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Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 27, 2024 Entered: May 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Name | Job |
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| Martha Wollner | Researcher |
| James D. Cooper | Assistant Camera |
| Albert Maysles | Director of Photography, Director |
| Susan Froemke | Sound, Director of Photography, Director |
| Wendy Blackstone | Music |
| Deborah Dickson | Editor, Director |
| John Romeo | Assistant Camera |
| Sakae Ishikawa | Assistant Editor |
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| Nell Archer | Co-Producer |
| Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Albert Maysles | Producer |
| Deborah Dickson | Producer |
| Susan Froemke | Producer |
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