Some Things Are Hard To Talk About

Mar 28, 2018

1h 19m

★ 0.0

Overview

Some Things Are Hard To Talk About is a personal documentary about the secrets of abortions in my family over three generations. After I had an abortion I find out that both my mother and my grandmother secretly had abortions. An intricate story of family history, choices and resulting effects uncovers.

Genres

Documentary

Drama

Production Companies

Brockhaus/Wolff Films

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