When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories
1992 film
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When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Dorothy Fadiman. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[3][4] The film consists of first person stories which reveal the physical, emotional and legal consequences of having or providing an abortion when it was a criminal act. The film is the first of three films called the Reproductive Rights Trilogy or "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond."
Directed byDorothy Fadiman
Produced byDanny McGuire, Beth Selzer, Daniel Myers, KTEH, and Dorothy Fadiman
Narrated byDorothy Fadiman
Music byErika Luckett
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| Directed by | Dorothy Fadiman |
| Produced by | Danny McGuire, Beth Selzer, Daniel Myers, KTEH, and Dorothy Fadiman |
| Narrated by | Dorothy Fadiman |
| Music by | Erika Luckett |
Production company | Concentric Media |
| Distributed by | Bullfrog Films[1] |
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Running time | 28 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
