2024 | USA | Short

Contractions

  • English - 12 mins
  • Director | Lynne Sachs
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Emily Berisso, Laura Goodman, Lynne Sachs

STATUS: In Distribution

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In 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States ended a woman’s right to a safe and legal abortion. 'Contractions' takes us to Memphis, Tennessee where we contemplate the discontinuation of abortion services at a women’s health clinic. We listen to an obstetrician-gynecologist and a reproductive justice activist. We watch 14 women who witness and perform with their backs to the camera. In a place where a woman can no longer make decisions about her own body, they speak with the full force of their collective presence.

Human Right Abortion Activist Reproduction short film United States clinic health obstetrician gynecologist justice
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