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1916 | B/N | 62:00

While prosecuting a physician for the death of a client after an abortion, the district attorney discovers that his wife has been helping her friends and their maid’s daughter obtain and pay for abortions—and may even have been a client herself. The film is among the first to discuss birth control and family planning, as well as to resist censorship in cinema.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Webber; Lois
Script: Smalley; Phillips, Weber; Lois
Production: Smalley; Phillips, Weber; Lois
Photography: Siegler; Allen G., Norton; Stephen S.
Cast:Blynn; Marjorie, Blake; A. D., Drew; Cora, Walcamp; Marie, Riaume; Helen, Power Sr.; Tyrone, De la Cruz; Juan
Participation year at FICM: 2021

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