The ACLU of North Dakota and Planned Parenthood North Central States are hosting a screening of Films from the Abortion Clinic Film Collective to benefit the Red River Women’s Clinic. Screening curator and filmmaker Raymond Rea will also be in attendance.
The screening showcases a series of short films, each made by a member of the nationwide Abortion Clinic Film Collective, a group of filmmakers pulled together by filmmaker Kristy Guevera-Flanagan of UCLA. Each short provides a window into the broad and life-threatening ramifications since the Supreme Court ended the federal constitutional right to abortion and its devastating legacy for the health and well-being of our country. The film program will run just under an hour in length followed by time for Q&A and conversation.
Admission is free with a suggested donation of $5 to $100 to benefit the Red River Women’s Clinic.
“Hemorrhage,” by Ruth Hayes (4:07 minutes)
Animation against the evisceration of American women's reproductive rights. An iterative process incorporating rubbings, images, text and voices from the New York Times and the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health arguments before the United States Supreme Court moves the film from formal experimentation to an expression of outrage about the effects of abortion bans on women's health.
“A Mile and a Half,” by Ray Rea (5.5 minutes)
The border between North Dakota and Minnesota is physically only a narrow river but legislatively a canyon. In the sister city straddling that border a move of a mile and a half saved lives.
“Contractions,” by Lynne Sachs (12 minutes)
In a place where a woman can no longer make decisions about her own body, we listen to an OB-GYN who can no longer perform abortions and a "Jane" who drives patients across state lines while a group of activists perform outside a women’s health clinic.
“As Long as We Can,” by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan (10.5 minutes)
As the Arizona state supreme court hears arguments on whether to reinstate an abortion ban that originated in 1864, we glimpse into the day-to-day activities of this for-now still functioning clinic, one of just two left in the state that provides surgical abortions.
“Retracing Our Steps,” by Kelly Gallagher (8.5 minutes)
A woman reflects back on her time spent assisting abortion seekers when Roe v. Wade was the law of the land.
“The Longest Walk,” by Đoan Hoàng Curtis (9 minutes)
A filmmaker returns to Kentucky in the wake of its total abortion ban, to revisit the clinic - now closed - where she terminated a pregnancy that resulted from her assault at age 13. She reaches out to the male classmate who witnessed the aftermath of her assault decades earlier.
“We Are About to Commit a Felony,” by Sasha Waters (4 minutes)
Arson at a Planned Parenthood and the closing of a community clinic endanger the lives of women in Knoxville, TN. A teaching doctor reflects on what the post-Dobbs world means for her patients and her students, who are the next generation of reproductive care workers.
