From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion
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| From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion | |
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| Directed by | Dorothy Fadiman |
| Produced by | Danny McGuire, Beth Selzer, Daniel Myers, KTEH, and Dorothy Fadiman |
| Music by | Erika Luckett |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion is a 1995 documentary film directed by filmmaker, Dorothy Fadiman. The film weaves together two parallel stories: the evolution of underground networks that helped women find safe abortions outside the law, and the intensive efforts by activists and legislators to decriminalize abortion through legislative and judicial channels. This film combines rare archival footage with interviews that document the efforts of those who fought to break the silence, change the laws and end the shame which surrounded abortion when it was a crime. The film is the second of the Abortion Rights Film Trilogy.
The film features interviews with Dr. Jane Elizabeth Hodgson, Pat Maginnis, Constance Cook, Sarah Weddington, and archival footage featuring George M. Michaels.
Reception
[edit]Booklist called the film "A sterling documentary." [citation needed].
At the 1997 San Francisco / Northern California Emmy Awards, From Danger to Dignity won the Emmy for documentary.[1]
External links
[edit]- Official website
- From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion at vimeo.com
- From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion at archive.org
- From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion on imdb.com
- The page for From Danger to Dignity from the New York Times
- Documenting Danger and Dignity Palo Alto Weekly, March 1995
- The film's page Archived 2011-11-27 at the Wayback Machine from Women Make Movies
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