Eclipse of Reason (1987)

Directed by

Bernard Nathanson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

27 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This anti-abortion documentary depicts a dilation and evacuation procedure. It argues against the practice of abortion by focusing on moral questions.

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What happens

Eclipse of Reason is a 1987 anti-abortion documentary video directed, filmed, and narrated by Bernard Nathanson, with an introduction by Charlton Heston. Eclipse of Reason is a follow-up to Nathanson’s first film The Silent Scream. The film contains a depiction of a dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion. The subject matter of this film focuses more on the moral implications of abortion. It is a tool for evangelizing abolition of abortion. This film, as well as The Silent Scream, was instrumental in the Right to Life Committee's garnering the attention of the United States public regarding the issue of abortion. The film serves to combat critics to The Silent Scream who argue that, although Nathanson claimed the film relied only on imagery and not pejorative speech, the film was heavily reliant on upon the language of the narrator. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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