Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair & I Had an Abortion
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Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton
Friday October 30, 2009
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: Conserver House - 180 St. John St.
The film screening will be co-hosted by the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, NB RebELLEs and the University Women's Centre. A discussion will follow the film screening with a New Brunswick representative from the Abortion Rights Coalition.
Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair
A film that looks at the issue of abortion in Canada.
Paul Cowen / Canada / 1984 / 58 min
A concise and captivating review of the legal battle waged by Dr. Henry Morgentaler in Québec and federal courts between 1970 and 1976. Through a combination of newsreel footage, interviews, and dramatic re-enactments (in which Dr. Morgentaler and his lawyer play themselves), this docudrama unravels the complexities of the case that began as a challenge to Canada's abortion law and turned into a precedent-setting civil rights case. The film also offers insight into the physician's motivation for defying the law and reveals how our judicial system responded to this emotionally charged challenge of the controversial abortion law.
Credits
Director
Paul Cowan
Editing
Paul Cowan
Producer
Adam Symansky
Jefferson Lewis
Paul Cowan
Executive producer
Robert Verrall
Andy Thomson
Script
Jefferson Lewis
Cinematography
Paul Cowan
Mike Mahoney
Sound
Jacques Drouin
Sound editing
Bernard Bordeleau
Sound mixing
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Adrian Croll
Narrator
William Hunt
Music
Alex Pauk
Alexina Louie
Cast
Gabriel Gascon
Henry Morgentaler
Mike Morgentaler
Michael Rudder
Lisa Schwartz
Claude-Armand Sheppard
Jacques Thisdale
Gwen Tolbart
Awards & Festivals
1987, Winner, Futura Award, Berlin Festival
Film site & Reviews
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