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:
11 September 1997
To resupply the protoblood that sustains Kai's life, the crew of the Lexx travel back to the Cluster but find the planet deserted.
18 December 1997
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé.
08 July 1997
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art.
01 January 1997
In a backwoods cabin, a boy called Little Man lives with his dad (a trapper), his older sister Missy, and his younger sister Kid, who is feral, spends most of her time under the table, and can imitate the sound of any animal.
20 December 1997
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale.
07 December 1997
Homage to famed 1950’s Puerto Rican singer, composer, and television personality Bobby Capó.
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.
03 December 1997
The faded dragshow entertainer Ragnar Rönn is both broke and lonely. He is becoming extremely unpopular.
05 January 1997
From the vaults of Penthouse Video comes never-before-seen footage so erotic, so provocative, that only now can it finally be released.
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