Sun Oct 10
7.00pm , 4.00pm
7.00pm , 4.00pm
All Light, Everywhere [In-Person Only]
film
Personhood [In-Person Only]
This event took place Oct 13 - Oct 16, 2021
$13 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
⚠️ Public safety notice ⚠️
NWFF patrons will be required to wear face coverings while in the building. To be admitted, patrons ages 12+ will also be required to present EITHER proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative result from a COVID-19 test administered within the last 48 hours by an official testing facility.
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Jo Ardinger
US
2019
1h 20m
Visiting Artist
** Oct. 14, filmmakers Jo Ardinger & Rosalie Miller will visit NWFF with Sara Ainsworth, J.D., Senior Legal & Policy Director at If/When/How, to discuss key points of Personhood; the state of reproductive rights in 2021, and the links between abortion restrictions and the growing criminalization of pregnant people (regardless of whether or not they plan to bring their pregnancy to term) for things like stillbirths, miscarriages, drug use, and mental illness. **
About
With the rise of the “fetal personhood” movement, comes dangerous new laws that treat pregnant women as second-class citizens. This widening web of laws encourages the surveillance, policing and criminalization of women during pregnancy. As a result, prosecutions for miscarriages, stillbirths, and using drugs while pregnant are becoming
widespread.
Personhood brings the human impact of these policies into the light through the story of a rural Wisconsin mother who was jailed after telling her doctor about her occasional pre-conception drug use. Tammy Loertscher’s first-person narrative and recently unsealed court recordings provide a rare glimpse into these closed-door proceedings that have impacted thousands of American women. The film follows Tammy’s story after her incarceration as she rebuilds her life and fights to overturn Wisconsin’s ‘Unborn Child Protection Act.’ This intimate portrait of the high personal cost of the issue telescopes out toward the events being played out across America.
Key photo credit: “Tamara Loertscher cradles her infant son.” Courtesy of Rosalie Miller.
“If you think The Handmaid’s Tale is fiction, the chilling new independent documentary film from Jo Ardinger and producer Rosalie Miller, about the widespread detention and criminal prosecution of pregnant women in the United States, will move you to organize for a new Mayday.” – Carrie N. Baker, Ms. Magazine
“In addition to exposing how fetal “personhood”—or the anti-abortion idea of legal protection for fetuses—immediately threatens the lives and well-being of pregnant people, the documentary film covers important issues concerning what the future could hold if state and federal policy continues in this trajectory. Personhood serves as a reminder that more organizing and political activism are needed to meet the challenges ahead.” – Elizabeth Gay, Rewire
