A FILM BY DAWN PORTER
Across America, but particularly in the South, abortion clinics are in a fight for their existence. Since 2010, legislators across America vowing to make their states "abortion free" have introduced hundreds of anti-choice bills. Caught in the political quagmire are millions of women of reproductive age, many of them poor and uninsured. Their only hope? The men and women fighting to fulfill the protections guaranteed by Roe v. Wade.
“Riveting, powerful and timely as hell.”
“Aimed squarely at an enduring national conversation.”
“Has an almost eerie timing...”
“Among the most anticipated documentaries at Sundance.”
“Among Sundance’s feature documentaries that push into the hard, human realities of highly contentious issues.”
“A powerful and infuriating look at how insidious the right wing in America has become.”
"... an essential primer on the ways in which increasing regulations affect the day-to-day realities of abortion providers in the United States." [Read more]
"Dawn Porter’s sobering, gracefully constructed documentary about the tide of laws restricting abortion that have swept the country, couldn’t arrive at a more timely moment." [Read more]
"Riveting, powerful, and, with a Supreme Court decision on the 'undue burden' of such laws due in June, timely as hell." [Read more]
"The new film about restrictive state laws are forcing abortion clinics to close in parts of the country, didn’t come to Sundance looking to score a rich distribution deal." [Read more]
"Abortion clinics face a do-or-die year with a potential reversal of Roe v. Wade on the high court's calendar." [Read more]
"Texas could be left with about 10 abortion clinics. And it’s not just Texas that’s at stake. Since 2010, state legislatures have enacted more than 280 restrictions on abortion." [Read more]
"Athena Film Festival, a public film confab spotlighting works by and about women, will launch this year’s edition with the New York premiere of Dawn Porter’s Trapped." [Read more]
"Trapped is a powerful new documentary that focuses on TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) and clinics that struggle to comply with them." [Read more]
"Doubling as an urgent call to action and a compelling portrait of dedication, Porter’s timely film continues in the vein of her earlier Gideon's Army." [Read more]
"Of the 54 films that have been announced in competition with a credited director, 22 are directed by women." [Read more]
"Porter succeeds in illustrating the severe toll political debates can take on the lives of both patients and healthcare professionals.' [Read more]