Cover image for Jane: An Abortion Service [digital video].
Title:
Jane: An Abortion Service [digital video].
Publication Date:
1996

2019
Publication Information:
Women Make Movies, 1996.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
This fascinating political look at a little-known chapter in women's history tells the story of "Jane", the Chicago-based women's health group who performed nearly 12,000 safe illegal abortions between 1969 and 1973 with no formal medical training. As Jane members describe finding feminism and clients describe finding Jane, archival footage and recreations mingle to depict how the repression of the early sixties and social movements of the late sixties influenced this unique group. Both vital knowledge and meditation on the process of empowerment, this documentary showcases the importance of preserving women's knowledge in the face of revisionist history. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the **Sundance Film Festival.**
General Note:
Title from title frames.

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In Process Record.
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English
Electronic Access:
Access immediately on Kanopy
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