Like a ship in the night
“200 women from Ireland, every single week, go to England for abortions. Yet nobody ever talks about it.”
Abortion is illegal in Ireland, North and South, potentially punishable by life imprisonment. And yet thousands of Irish women a year travel to England for abortions. They make this journey in secret and return in silence, some of them never telling a soul. LIKE A SHIP IN THE NIGHT follows a young painter, a working class mother of five, and a self-proclaimed country girl as they plan their secret journeys across the Irish sea.
Director: Melissa Thompson
Author: Melissa Thompson
Country: Ireland/UK/USA
Year: 2006
Produced by: Melissa Thompson
Length: 30 mins
BW / colour: color
Language: English
Distrubtor commerical: melissa@tallgirlshorts.net
Distrubtor non commerical: melissa@tallgirlshorts.net
Link: More on the film
Link: http://www.likeashipinthenight.com/