Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair

(1984)

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Genres: Documentary

Year: 1984

Runtime: 58 мин

Country: Canada

Director: Paul Cowan

Plot

Paul Cowan's film captures the spirit of the legal battle over abortion waged by Dr. Henry Morgentaler in Quebec and in federal courts between 1970 and 1976. Using a combination of newsreel footage, interviews and re-enactments, this docudrama unravels the complexities of the case that began as a challenge to Canada's abortion laws and turned into a precedent-setting civil rights case.