Birthright: A War Story (2017)
BIRTHRIGHT: A WAR STORY is a feature length documentary that examines how women are being jailed, physically violated and even put at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America. The film tells the story of women who have become collateral damage in the aggressive campaign to take control of reproductive health care and to allow states, courts and religious doctrine govern whether, when and how women will bear children. The documentary explores the accelerating gains of the crusade to control pregnant women and the fallout that is creating a public health crisis, turning pregnant women into criminals and challenging the constitutional protections of every woman in America. This is the real-life “Handmaid’s Tale.”
Genre: Documentary
Director: Civia Tamarkin
Producer: Ruth Shaber, Civia Tamarkin, Luchina Fisher, Ingrid Arnesen, Steve Filmer, Suzanne D. Johnson
Writer: Luchina Fisher, Civia Tamarkin
Cast: Michele Goodwin as self, Lynn Paltrow as self, Dr. David Grimes as self, Carole Joffee as self, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas as self, Carol Tobias as self, Andrea Friedman as self, Richard Viguerie as self, Faith Groesbeck as self