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ARCHIVE

24th(2022)



The Janes

Tia LESSIN, Emma PILDES

  • United States
  • 2022
  • Asian Premiere
  • 102min
  • DCP
  • color

Asian Premiere

SYNOPSIS

Police arrest seven women who are part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds, and safe houses, the women have built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions and call themselves "Jane."

PROGRAM NOTE

In the late 1960s before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion, abortion was a profit center for the mafia. Listening to the recollections of women who had to pay high prices and entrust their bodies to the mafia without securing hygiene and safety, we get to shudder with empathy, and at the same time understand how imperative and desperate the ¡°illegal¡± abortion which the Jane collective provided was What is impressive is the mutual empathy of Jane collective and their consideration and the mindfulness driven from intersectional awareness of social differences between women. In addition to the mafia, churches also helped women who needed to stop pregnancy in the sense of social service, but they were not as attentive to women as the Janes collective were. They knew that abortion was not just illegal, but a matter of all that power, including class and race. Archive footage from the 1960s and 70s makes us understand the sense of joy and sorrow of the women¡¯s movement at the time, and the presence and courage of the interviewees, including the collective members, resonate with us in the current times. Regardless of the law and institution, women¡¯s history has progressed with one another¡¯s solidarity and courage. [Programmer HWANG Miyojo]

Director

  • Tia LESSINTia LESSIN

    Lessin, alone with Carl Deal, directed and produced Trouble the Water (2008) and Citizen Koch (2013). Trouble the Water won the Gotham Independent Film Award and the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize, and it earned an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

  • Emma PILDESEmma PILDES

    Pildes is an Emmy-nominated producer and filmmaker. As one of the principal producers for Pentimento Productions, Pildes has produced Spielberg (2017), Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018), and Very Ralph (2019), all for HBO Documentary Films.

Credit

  • ProducerJessica LEVIN, Emma PILDES, Daniel ARCANA
  • Cinematography Keith WALKER
  • Editor Kristen HUNTLEY
  • Music Max avery LICHTENSTEIN