The Janes (2022)

Directed by

Emma Pildes, Tia Lessin

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

C

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film tells the story of a clandestine group of women in Chicago who built an underground network to provide safe abortions before Roe v. Wade. It follows their secret operations and the risks they took to help women.

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What happens

The Janes is a 2022 American documentary film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2022, and was released on HBO Max on June 8, 2022, the month after a leaked draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was released, starting protests across the United States. The film was directed by Emma Pildes and Tia Lessin, produced by Emma Pildes, Daniel Arcana, and Jessica Levin, executive produced by Susan Lacy, and edited by Kristen Huntley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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