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Podcast

Julie Keeps Quiet + Leonardo Van Dijl | April | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

On Truth & Movies this week, we dis­cuss pow­er dynam­ics at play in Julie Keeps Qui­et and spoke to its direc­tor Leonar­do Van Dijl. We also review the abor­tion dra­ma April and its pre­de­ces­sor, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
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Bodies, Babies and Birth Control in April and All We Imagine as Light

by Anna McKibbin

At a time when access to birth con­trol and abor­tion is banned, restrict­ed or under threat around the world, work by Dea Kulum­be­gashvili and Pay­al Kapa­dia high­lights the neces­si­ty of safe options for preg­nant people.
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Review

April review – eerily elusive, superbly acted and crafted

by Rafa Sales Ross

Dea Kulumbegashvili’s stark Geor­gian dra­ma fol­lows an obste­tri­cian who moon­lights as an abor­tion­ist, as she is accused of inter­fer­ing with her patients.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

April – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Dea Kulum­be­gashvil­i’s stark Geor­gian dra­ma fol­lows an obste­tri­cian who moon­lights as an abor­tion­ist, as she is accused of inter­fer­ing with her patients.
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Review

Call Jane

by Leila Latif

Chicago’s Under­ground Abor­tion Net­work and a house­wife’s unwant­ed preg­nan­cy lie at the cen­tre of Phyl­lis Nagy’s direc­to­r­i­al debut.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Opinion

How Obvious Child set a new standard for portraying abortion on screen

by Becca Rieckmann

Gillian Robespierre’s 2014 com­e­dy-dra­ma was refresh­ing­ly can­did – as Roe vs Wade is repealed, it feels even more relevant.
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In Praise Of

Why Citizen Ruth has never felt more prescient

by Collin Preciado

As Roe v. Wade is con­tro­ver­sial­ly over­turned, we revis­it Alexan­der Payne’s dark satire of the Amer­i­can abor­tion lobby.
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Review

Happening

by David Jenkins

Audrey Diwan’s sig­nif­i­cant and unflinch­ing adap­ta­tion of Annie Erneux’s mem­oir of a teen abor­tion is one of the year’s best films.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun: ‘How would the female body exist without the pressure of patriarchy?’

by Anahit Behrooz

The leg­endary Cha­di­an direc­tor speaks can­did­ly about repro­duc­tive rights in his home coun­try and sup­port­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of filmmakers.
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Festivals

L’Événement – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Audrey Divan’s lac­er­at­ing and nec­es­sary dra­ma fol­lows a young stu­dent seek­ing a clan­des­tine abor­tion in 1960s France.