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The Janes
Directed by
Emma Pildes and Tia Lessin
Produced by Jessica Levin, Emma Pildes, Daniel Arcana, and Michael Kimbro
Produced by Jessica Levin, Emma Pildes, Daniel Arcana, and Michael Kimbro
With:
Judith Arcana, Heather Booth, Laura Kaplan, Amanda Kimbro, Marie Leaner, Mike, Patricia Novick-Raby, Ted O'Connor, Eleanor Oliver, Diane Stevens, and Allan Weiland
Cinematography:
Keith Walker
Editing: Kristen Huntley
Music: Max Avery Lichtenstein
Editing: Kristen Huntley
Music: Max Avery Lichtenstein
Runtime:
101 min
Release Date: 08 June 2022
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 08 June 2022
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Color: Color
Directors Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes’s timely historical documentary chronicles the clandestine network of Chicago women who provided safe, affordable, illegal abortions in the pre-Roe vs Wade days between 1968 and 1973. Requiring little more than the powerful, candid recollections of the women, the men who helped them, and the police captain who eventually arrested them, The Janes is a refreshingly old-school documentary about old-school collective action taken to address what is, unfortunately, not an antiquated issue.