Personhood: Policing Pregnant Women in America

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Personhood: Policing Pregnant Women in America

2019

1h 20m

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Through the eyes of a young mother who was forcibly detained while pregnant and denied her constitutional rights, PERSONHOOD re-frames the abortion debate to encompass the growing system of laws that criminalize and police pregnant people.

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Lorry Kikta

Film Threat

01/29/2021

6/10

There's no subtlety in this film's political agenda, although I do greatly respect Ardinger having voices from the opposing side...

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

01/25/2021

3.5/5

Watching this you will feel that it is like a real life version of the Handmaid's Tale. That women are just to be thought of as vessels for birthing babies.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

01/20/2021

4/5

Personhood makes a distinctive contribution to the ongoing discussion about women's rights in today's America.

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John Fink

The Film Stage

01/05/2021

B+

An essential documentary...

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

11/12/2019

It's a disturbing movie, unless, of course, one is pro-dystopia

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Through the eyes of a young mother who was forcibly detained while pregnant and denied her constitutional rights, PERSONHOOD re-frames the abortion debate to encompass the growing system of laws that criminalize and police pregnant people.

Director: Jo Ardinger
Producer: Jo Ardinger, Rosalie Miller
Screenwriter: Jo Ardinger
Production Co: Tandybrook Productions, Wanderhouse
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2021
Runtime: 1h 20m