Backroom Troubles
In Andrea Bosshard’s and Shane Loader’s moving, shocking, but occasionally also ironic documentary from New Zealand women also talk about the illegal abortions they had. The two directors interview women from different generations who very candidly talk about the circumstances that forced them to have an illegal abortion, and about the frequently traumatising consequences. These reports are completed with historical photographs and news material, which demonstrate the conflict between the women’s reality and the social and moral expectations people have of them.
Director: Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader
Author: Russell Campbell
Country: New Zealand
Year: 1997
Produced by: Vanguard Films, Community Media Trust
Length: 50 min mins
BW / colour: Colour
Language: English
Distrubtor commerical: Community Media Trust PO BOX 3563 Wellington communitymedia@paradise.net.nz
Distrubtor non commerical: Community Media Trust PO BOX 3563 Wellington communitymedia@paradise.net.nz
Format: Video, Beta-SP