Past screening

Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa

Directed by: Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Mike Attie
Year: 2019

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Directed by: Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Mike Attie
Year: 2019
Country: United States
Topics: Sociopolitical
Last Screened: Thu 11th Aug 2022

This quietly powerful film exposes how economic stigma and cruel legislation already determined access to abortion in America.

This quietly powerful film exposes how economic stigma and cruel legislation already determined access to abortion in America. Filmed at an abortion helpline centre in Philadelphia, where counsellors – all called Lisa – arrive each morning to the nonstop ring of calls from women seeking financial help to end a pregnancy.