Nell Lundy
Nell Lundy, co-producer/director of JANE: AN ABORTION SERVICE, is a documentary videomaker from Chicago. She co-owns a multimedia production company, and is currently an assistant professor of time arts/design at Northern Illinois University. She produced the documentary No Rights Implied, and served as assistant producer on Rosa Mystica, and Times Beach, Missouri. Her work has been shown at festivals and venues across the U.S., and broadcast on PBS. (09/09)
Available Title(s):
Jane: An Abortion Service
A film by Nell Lundy, 1996, 58 min, Color
This fascinating political look at a little-known chapter in women's history tells the story of "Jane", the Chicago-based women's health group who performed nearly 12,000 safe illegal abortions between 1969 and 1973 with no formal medical training. As Jane members describe finding feminism and clients describe finding Jane, archival footage and recreations mingle to depict…
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