From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion is a 1995 documentary film directed by filmmaker, Dorothy Fadiman. The film weaves together two parallel stories: the evolution of underground networks that helped women find safe abortions outside the law, and the efforts by activists and legislators to decriminalize abortion through legislative and judicial channels. This film combines archival footage with interviews that document the efforts of those who fought to change the laws and reduce the stigma which surrounded abortion when it was a crime. The film is the second of the Abortion Rights Film Trilogy.
The film features interviews with Dr. Jane Elizabeth Hodgson, Pat Maginnis, Constance Cook, Sarah Weddington, and archival footage featuring George M. Michaels.
Reception
Booklist called the film "A sterling documentary." .
At the 1997 San Francisco / Northern California Emmy Awards, From Danger to Dignity won the Emmy for documentary.
External links
From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion at vimeo.com From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion at archive.org From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion on imdb.com The page for From Danger to Dignity from the New York Times Documenting Danger and Dignity Palo Alto Weekly, March 1995 The film's page from Women Make Movies
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