Backroom Troubles

1997 | 51 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Backroom Troubles
  • Overview

    Women talk about the circumstances that drove them to seek illegal abortions and the often traumatic result. Interwoven with historical photographs and newsreel footage, the stories expose how the reality of women's lives were counterposed to what was socially and morally expected of them.

  • Release Date

    01 January 1997

  • DirectingAndrea Bosshard
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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