Summary: 1987, Communist Romania. During the course of one day, Otilia helps her friend and roommate Gabita get a late-term abortion. With abortion, let alone any kind of contraceptive, being illegal, the women have to use illegal means to achieve their goal. Shows the rough and gritty situation in which these college students, particularly Otilia, must make decisions and deal with their consequences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FOUSummary: In 1949, an innocent man, Timothy Evans, is charged with the gruesome slaying of his wife and baby. Convicted by the testimony of his landlord, John Christie, a mild-mannered ex-policeman, Evans is sentenced to hang. However, after the execution, evidence reveals that the real psychotic killer is continuing his mass murder spree. Public outcry over this true case led to Great Britain's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY TENSummary: Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CALCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CALCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie CallSummary: Abby Johnson becomes the youngest clinic director in the history of Planned Parenthood, then a life-changing experience turns her into an anti-abortion activist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2019
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movei Unplanned 2019Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UnSummary: Seventeen-year-old Veronica never thought she'd want to fail a test-that is until she finds herself staring at a piece of plastic with a blue plus. With a promising college-bound future now disappearing before her eyes, Veronica considers a decision she never imagined she'd have to make. This never-taken-lightly decision leads her on a 1000-mile hilarious road trip to New Mexico over three days...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY UNPSummary: In 1963, student Anne has a bright future ahead of her, but her dreams of finishing her studies is shattered when she becomes pregnant. As her final exams approach, Anne decides to take matters into her own hands.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HAPO'Sullivan, Kelly
Summary: After terminating her unwanted pregnancy, a woman starts a job as a nanny to an obstinate six-year-old girl.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2020
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SAISummary: In the early 1960s in Paris, two young women become friends. Pomme is an aspiring singer. Suzanne is a pregnant country girl unable to support a third child. Pomme lends Suzanne the money for an illegal abortion, but a sudden tragedy soon separates them. Ten years later, they reunite at a demonstration and pledge to keep in touch via postcard, as each of their lives is irrevocably changed by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN ONESummary: Vera Drake tells of a woman in 1950s England who is devoted to caring for her family, but secretly aids women who want to terminate unwanted pregnancies. When the authorities find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VERMarinca, Anamaria
Summary: Set during the final days of communism in Romania, two college roommates have twenty-four hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for an illegal abortion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection Inc 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FOUSummary: Perl spent WWII in charge of the woman's infirmary at Auschwitz. Hoping to leave her nightmares behind her after the liberation, she applies for American citizenship in 1946. However, she is hauled into military court to explain how much she "collaborated" with the Nazis during the war. The U.S. officials are especially disturbed by the number of illegal abortions Perl performed at the camp....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OUTSummary: A look at the subject of abortion where there can be no absolutes, no "right" or "wrong." Equal time is given to both sides, covering arguments from either extremes of the spectrum, as well as those at the center, who acknowledge that, in the end, everyone is "right" or "wrong."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Thinkfilm 2008