01 January 1997 Factual 51 mins
Women talk about the circumstances that drove them to seek illegal abortions and the often traumatic result. Interwoven with historical photographs and newsreel footage, the stories expose how the reality of women's lives were counterposed to what was socially and morally expected of them.
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Andrea Bosshard as Narrator
Jane Bennett as Narrator
Kate Harcourt as Narrator
Kathy McRae as Narrator
Sally Rodwell as Narrator
Shane Loader Producer
Shane Loader Editor
Shane Loader Director
Theresa Pomeroy Still Photographer
Shane Loader Camera Operator
New Zealand 01 January 1997
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1997:
26 October 1997
Bev Bodger is a married teacher tempted by an old school boyfriend to enjoy a little sex and chocolate in Paris.
19 September 1997
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
12 July 1997
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure.
30 November 1997
Marjetka is living ten years with Maks, who is a painter, and an uncompromising conceptual artist. At first, it seemed different: Max was witty, charming, talented and promising, so he hired Marjetka to reach fame and success.
13 March 1997
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism.
25 December 1997
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss.
12 December 1997
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip.
22 May 1997
A documentary film about Tibetan traditional medicine.
01 October 1997
Three young teens are stranded in the wilderness without their parents.
15 August 1997
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage.
07 September 1997
A documentary portrait of the backstage efforts to stage the play Moon Over Buffalo on Broadway.
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