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Backroom Troubles
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Backroom Troubles

Jan 1, 1997
0h 51m
★ 0.0

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Creative New Zealand
Vanguard Films (III)
Community Media Trust

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Cast

Andrea Bosshard

Narrator

Andrea Bosshard

Jane Bennett

Narrator

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Kate Harcourt

Narrator

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Kathy McRae

Narrator

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Sally Rodwell

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