HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
Sponsored by Leslie & Andrew Siben
ZURAWSKI V TEXAS
TUES, 12/10, 5:30pm, 99 min
BAY STREET THEATER
Director Abbie Perrault via Zoom for Q&A with Andrew Botsford
Directors: Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
Producers: Amy Flanagan, Siobhan Sinnerton, Blye Pagon Faust, Cori Shepherd, Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
Editor: Austin Reedy
Cinematographer: Maisie Crow
Women denied abortions under Texas’ ambiguous and unforgiving abortion bans band together with a fearless attorney to sue Texas. While battling in court against the state and its immovable Attorney General, the extent of their traumatic experiences is revealed as they wrestle to regain their reproductive futures and set a precedent for millions of other women and families.
When Directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault saw it was likely that Roe v. Wade would be overturned, they started to explore how they could cover the repercussions of that decision. They met attorney Molly Duane through the Center for Reproductive Rights and determined that the case being filed for Amanda Zurawski and four other women would enable them to show the trauma along with some degree of hope. Previously the two filmmakers worked together on the 2021 documentary At the Ready.