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Backroom Troubles

Backroom Troubles

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📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1997-01-01
⌚ Running Time: 51 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

Beloved Cast

Andrea Bosshard original image
Narrator
Andrea Bosshard
Jane Bennett original image
Narrator
Jane Bennett
Kate Harcourt original image
Narrator
Kate Harcourt
Kathy McRae original image
Narrator
Kathy McRae
Sally Rodwell original image
Narrator
Sally Rodwell

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