<I>Abortion: Stories from North and South</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1984
name: label: Directed by
content: Gail Singer, Canadian, born 1946
label: Written by
content: Gail Singer, Canadian, born 1946
label: Narrated by
content: Dixie Seatle, Canadian, born 1952
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Ireland, Europe
label: Place filmed
content: Japan, Asia
label: Place filmed
content: Canada, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Colombia, South America
label: Place filmed
content: Peru, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.93.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 47 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1700 Feet