Abortion helpline, this is Lisa / Women Make Movies ; produced and directed by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Mike Attie ; Attie & Goldwater Productions.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Attie, Barbara, film director, film producer.
• Goldwater, Janet, film director, film producer.
• Attie, Mike, film director, film producer, photographer.
• Attie & Goldwater Productions, production company.
• Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Abortion--Political aspects--United States.
• Abortion--Political aspects.
• Abortion services.
• Reproductive rights.
• United States.
• Reproductive rights--United States.
• Abortion services--United States.
• Women's health services--United States.
• Women's health services.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Short films.
• Nonfiction films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 streaming video file (13 min.) : digital, sound, color
• polychrome

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : [Distributed by] Women Make Movies, [2021]

System Details:

• System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• video file

Summary:

This film is short documentary that expresses how economic stigma and cruel legislation determines who in America has access to abortion. At a women's health fund in Philadelphia, phone counselors--all called Lisa for anonymity--arrive each morning to the nonstop ring of calls from people who are seeking to end a pregnancy they can't afford to. In 1976, only three years after Roe v. Wade became the law of the land, the Hyde Amendment was enacted with the explicit intention of denying poor individuals--those receiving Medicaid--access to abortion. By giving voice to those affected by discriminatory policies, the film exposes how legislation like the Hyde Amendment ties access to abortion to economic status and denies reproductive justice.

Credits:

Editing, Valerie Keller, Sharon Mullaly ; camera, Mike Attie ; original score, Timothy Day.

Notes:

• Title from title frames.
• Originally produced by: Attie & Goldwater Productions, ©2019; previously released in 2020.
• Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 19, 2021).

Publisher Number:

wm-abohel Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.