Movie

Backroom Troubles (1997)

• January 1, 1997
• 51m

• Documentary

Overview

Women talk about the circumstances that drove them to seek illegal abortions and the often traumatic result. Interwoven with historical photographs and newsreel footage, the stories expose how the reality of women's lives were counterposed to what was socially and morally expected of them.

Directors

Shane Loader, Andrea Bosshard

Writers

Andrea Bosshard

Starring

Andrea Bosshard, Jane Bennett, Kate Harcourt