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There are a whole lot of cigarettes in “Call Jane,” a detail — along with flip bob hairstyles and polyester pantsuits — that demonstrates director Phyllis Nagy’s commitment to the late ...
In Phyllis Nagy's “Call Jane,” Joy (Elizabeth Banks) is a 1960s housewife married to a defense attorney (Chris Messina) with a teenage daughter (Grace Edwards) and a baby on the way. “Call ...
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 130 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Although its focus is somewhat narrow, Call Jane is an entertaining and dramatically effective dramatization of a pivotal chapter in American history."
Elizabeth Banks stars in "Call Jane," a fictionalized account of the real-life Chicago collective that provided abortions to women prior to Roe v. Wade.
The Jane Collective or Jane, officially known as the Abortion Counseling Service of Women's Liberation, was an underground service in Chicago, Illinois affiliated with the Chicago Women's Liberation Union that operated from 1969 to 1973, a time when abortion was illegal in most of the United States.
The group was often known simply as "Jane", promoting that you could call Jane, since she was in the phone book. One important feature of its service was that, unlike the back-alley providers, Jane's people (I think all women except the doctor) explained to a patient what was going to happen in the procedure, demystifying it and probably making ...
Banks explains that the movie was filmed before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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