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Abortion: Desperate Choices (1992)
Directed by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Albert Maysles
Documentary · 1h 07m
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.
Crew
- Director
- Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Albert Maysles
- Director of Photography
- Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke
- Original Music Composer
- Wendy Blackstone
- Editor
- Deborah Dickson
- Producer
- Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Albert Maysles
Details
- Release date
- 1992-05-05
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- HBO