Abortion: Stories from North and South: Museum Object and Cultural History
Abortion: Stories from North and South: Date: 1984. Directed by: Gail Singer, Canadian, born 1946. Written by: Gail Singer, Canadian, born 1946.
The object in the museum catalogue
A documentary film with the title Abortion: Stories from North and South. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
Through interviews with women from Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia and Canada, the documentary examines the attitudes as well as legal and religious implications of abortion and contraception across different nations and cultures around the world.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1984
- Directed by: Gail Singer, Canadian, born 1946
- Written by: Gail Singer, Canadian, born 1946
- Narrated by: Dixie Seatle, Canadian, born 1952
- Owned by: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Type: sound films
- Type: color films (visual works)
- Type: feature films
- Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
- Medium: polyester film
- Dimensions: Duration: 47 Minutes
- Dimensions: Length (Film): 1700 Feet
- Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed: Ireland, Europe
- Place filmed: Japan, Asia
- Place filmed: Canada, North and Central America
- Place filmed: Colombia, South America
- Place filmed: Peru, South America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Documentary films
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Gender
- Topic: Health
- Topic: International affairs
- Topic: Law
- Object number: 2017.55.93.1a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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