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    2022 · Documentary · 1h 41m

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    The Janes is a 2022 American documentary film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2022, and was released on HBO Max on June 8, the month after a leaked draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was released, starting protests across the United States. [1] [2] The film was directed by Emma Pildes and Tia ...

  2. Jun 8, 2022 · The Janes is a 2022 documentary that tells the story of seven women who ran an underground network for safe and affordable abortions in the US before Roe v. Wade. The film features interviews, archival footage and music, and explores the history and impact of women's rights and health.

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    • Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
    • 2022-06-08
  3. The Janes tells the story of a group of unlikely outlaws. Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of Jane risked their personal and professional lives to help women in need. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era –– a time when abortion was ...

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  4. May 10, 2022 · We had to go underground.”#TheJanesHBO tells the revelatory story of a group of unlikely outlaws. Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the C...

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  6. Jun 9, 2022 · The Janes” is a straightforward, talking-heads documentary from HBO that provides a brief history of the Jane Collective, a clandestine abortion group working out of Chicago in the late 1960s ...

    • Beatrice Loayza
    • Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
  7. Jun 10, 2022 · The Janes documentary premiered on June 8 on HBO Max. Directed by Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes, the film reveals the stories of a group of women activists in Chicago who provided safe but illegal abortions until the passing of 1973’s Roe v. Wade. Amid a pandemic, school shootings, possible recession, and civil unrest, The Janes reminds us of ...

  8. The Janes. Watch The Janes with a subscription on Max. Frighteningly timely and powerfully persuasive, The Janes offers a unique opportunity to look back at a pivotal chapter in American history ...

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