Backroom Troubles (1997)

Overview : 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.

Release Date : January 1, 1997

Runtime : 51m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Creative New Zealand, Vanguard Films (III), Community Media Trust

Countries : New Zealand

Keywords : new zealand, abortion, women's rights, aotearoa