The Janes (2022)
They didn't have a choice.
101 min
Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.
- Release date
- May 3, 2022
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Abby as Jane Member
- Judith Arcana as Self
- Heather Booth as Jane Member
- Nicole Cyrille as Audio Description Narrator
- Eileen as Jane Member
- Laura Kaplan as Jane Member
- Marie Leaner as Self
- Mike as Self
- Mike as 'Mike' - the abortionist
- Patricia Novick-Raby as Jane Member
- Patricia Novick-Raby as Reverend
Crew
- Richard J. Daley · Archive footage
- Richard J. Daley · Archive footage
- Tia Lessin · Director
- Emma Pildes · Director
- Daniel Arcana · Producer
- Jessica Levin · Producer
- Emma Pildes · Producer
- Max Avery Lichtenstein · Composer
- Keith Walker · Cinematographer
- Kristen Huntley · Editor