Film
The Janes
2022 · 1h 41m · Documentary
They didn't have a choice.
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- 7.6
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100%
- Metacritic
- 81
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Overview
Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.
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Cast
Heather Booth
Self
Judith Arcana
Self
Marie Leaner
Self
Diane Stevens
Self
Eleanor Oliver
Self
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
Hugh Hefner
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Emma PildesProducer · Director
- Tia LessinDirector
- Sara RodriguezProducer
- Jessica LevinProducer
- Daniel ArcanaProducer
- Lisa HellerExecutive Producer
- Nancy AbrahamExecutive Producer
- Susan LacyExecutive Producer
- Keith WalkerDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 3, 2022
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- C
- Genres
- Documentary
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