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Personhood [In-Person Only]
Wed Oct 13: 7.00pm PDT
Thu Oct 14: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Oct 16: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
$13 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
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Jo Ardinger
US
2019
1h 20m
About
With the rise of the fetal personhood movement, comes dangerous new laws that treat pregnant women as second-class citizens. This widening web of laws encourages the surveillance, policing and criminalization of women during pregnancy. As a result, prosecutions for miscarriages, stillbirths, and using drugs while pregnant are becoming
widespread.
Personhood brings the human impact of these policies into the light through the story of a rural Wisconsin mother who was jailed after telling her doctor about her occasional pre-conception drug use. Tammy Loertschers first-person narrative and recently unsealed court recordings provide a rare glimpse into these closed-door proceedings that have impacted thousands of American women. The film follows Tammys story after her incarceration as she rebuilds her life and fights to overturn Wisconsins Unborn Child Protection Act. This intimate portrait of the high personal cost of the issue telescopes out toward the events being played out across America.
If you think The Handmaids Tale is fiction, the chilling new independent documentary film from Jo Ardinger and producer Rosalie Miller, about the widespread detention and criminal prosecution of pregnant women in the United States, will move you to organize for a new Mayday. Carrie N. Baker, Ms. Magazine
In addition to exposing how fetal personhoodor the anti-abortion idea of legal protection for fetusesimmediately threatens the lives and well-being of pregnant people, the documentary film covers important issues concerning what the future could hold if state and federal policy continues in this trajectory. Personhood serves as a reminder that more organizing and political activism are needed to meet the challenges ahead. Elizabeth Gay, Rewire
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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