Now, leonas sister gerri tells the powerful and thoughtprovoking story of the anonymous woman behind the image and how she became an extraordinary. A handful of people who hold an extreme belief that a clump of nonviable cells equates to living, breathing children, and that those cells have more rights than half the population cannot be allowed to make nonscientific, nonmedical and religiousbased decisions. Leonas sister gerri tells the dramatic story of gerri santoro, a mother of two and the real person in the now famous photo of an anoymous woman on a motel floor, dead from an illegal abortion. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos. Leona s sister gerri tells the dramatic story of gerri santoro, a mother of two and the real person in the now famous photo. The director restores humanity to that anonymous woman, leona gordons sister, gerri santoro, who at the time of her death in 1964, was the mother of two. Leonas sister gerri tells the dramatic story of gerri santoro, a mother of two and the real person in the now famous photo. Jane gilooly, leona s sister gerri 1994, newton television foundation, massachusetts. The above picture is a police photo of gerri santoro, who died in 1964 at age 27 in a connecticut motel room after a botched illegal abortion. Download the microsoft news app for complete covid19 coverage ad sponsored.
Download citation abortion, abortion, abortion, still. Heres leonas sister performing their original song slingshot. Leonas sister gerri 1995 filmmaker jane gillooly profiles the subject of a famous photograph, showing a woman who had an illegal 1964 abortion. Leonas sister gerri directed by jane gillooly, 2007. In 1995, jane gillooly, an independent filmmaker from boston, massachusetts, interviewed gordon, santoro s daughters, and others for a documentary about santoro s life, leona s sister gerri. The film was broadcast initially on the pbs series p. Rent leonas sister gerri 2007 on dvd and bluray dvd. The docurama film festival iii platinum package directed by alexandra shiva, arlene nelson, chris beaver, daniel anker, eric paul fournier. Leonas sister gerri acclaimed by the new york times as being forcefull, intimate, unpretentious and devastating the multi awardwinning, p. These five fabulous toronto indie artists have been at the top of the reverbnation local indie chart since october 2012, having fallen out of the number one position only for a few weeks. The sciencefiction of human enhancementnew day films. Gr 9 up challenges viewers ideas of what it means to be physically fit, as well as what it means to be human, by tackling headon the assumptions of ableism.
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For decades, boston has been a center for documentary filmmaking. We knew the corpse, naked and abject, but we never knew the story, or we didnt until leonas sister gerri 1995, jane gilloolys searingly effective study of. Make your movie list and get blurays and dvds conveniently delivered to you with free shipping both ways. Leona gordon, geraldine gerri santoro, andrew neumann, charles jeremovic, jane gillooly, c. Supreme court issued its landmark ruling legalizing abortion without restriction in the first trimester of pregnancy, the editors of ms. One of my favourite bands, live from the rockpile in toronto. It is a place where students come to learn and experiment, where some of documentarys giants are teaching and creating new work, and where the craft is. To see a list of current and upcoming events, please see the special events section of our calendar. V leonas sister gerri movie scenes hcp86299 this is an original press photo. Rent leona s sister gerri 2007 starring geraldine gerri santoro and leona gordon on dvd and bluray. Jane gilloolys documentary leonas sister gerri 11 p.
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Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing leonas sister gerri near you. The story of leona s sister gerri must be shared again. Reprinted thousands of times on placards, and in the media, this grisly photo became a prochoice icon. Although shocking, the picture became an icon for prochoice abortion activists.
In 1995, jane gillooly, an independent filmmaker from boston, massachusetts, interviewed gordon, santoros daughters, and others for a documentary about santoros life, leonas sister gerri. The sciencefiction of human enhancement new day films. To anyone with their priorities straight, this photo should be far more disturbing than any photo of scraps of postabortion fetal tissue, of the type waved by antiabortion protestors outside clinics. V leona s sister gerri movie scenes hcp86299 this is an original press photo. The docurama film festival iii platinum package is a fast and costeffective way to build your documentary library. Also known as aka it looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. Leona s sister gerri official trailer in 1973, a gruesome photograph of a dead woman the victim of a botched abortion appeared in ms.
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Leona s sister gerri tells the story of the life and death of an anonymous woman whose picture became a symbol in the battles over abortion. This documentary examines the significance of the picture, and then offers a profile of the dead womans life as told by leona and her friends. In her 1994 film, leonas sister gerri, somervillebased filmmaker jane gillooly demonstrates a nuanced approach as she seeks to restore a. Leonas sister will also be back to phase one studio this month to record a couple of new songs for our soon to be released ep coming later this year. Magazine, gratz wrote about the effort to achieve that balance, illustrating her story with a crimescene photograph of a woman who died as a result of an illegal abortion. Leonas sister is a retro heavy rock band led by the powerful and unique vocals of jt. Tells the story of gerri santoro, the real person in the police photograph of an anonymous woman collapsed on a motel room floor, dead from an illegal abortion. Magazine began searching for an image to counteract the gruesome photographs of mangled. View all notes in an april 1973 article published in ms. The lioness cares for and protects the ones she loves, as sister leonas life exemplifies.
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