America's War on Abortion

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America's War on Abortion
GenreDocumentary
Directed by Deeyah Khan
Theme music composerNick Kingsley
Danny Farrant
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
Andrew Smith
Darin Prindle
CinematographyDeeyah Khan
Darin Prindle
EditorsMichael Ho
Andrew Smith
Running time68 minutes
Production company Fuuse Film
Release
Original release29 October 2020 (2020-10-29)

America's War on Abortion is a 2020 documentary film by Deeyah Khan. The film is produced by Khan's production company Fuuse and received its world premiere on ITV [1] and NRK2 on October 29, 2020. [2]

Contents

Filmed before and during the 2020 global crisis, Khan turns her focus to what she see as extreme beliefs weaponised under Trump’s rule. [3] In America's War on Abortion, she examines the erosion of reproductive rights in the US, featuring accounts from activists fighting for – and against – women’s right to choose.

Khan investigates one of the most divisive issues in American politics. She films at abortion clinics and meets the abortion providers and the women who seek abortions. [4] The film also features a man convicted of bombing and burning clinics. In his time in office, Donald Trump has wooed evangelical Christian voters by enacting anti-abortion policies including bringing conservative judges on the Supreme Court. Deeyah Khan goes on the front line to find the people who will be most affected by the abortion wars.[ citation needed ]

Cast

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryResult
2021 British Academy Film Awards [5] Current AffairsWon
2021 Edinburgh International Television Festival Best DocumentaryWon
2021 British Academy Film Awards [6] Director:FactualNominated
2021 Royal Television Society [7] Director:FactualNominated
2021 British Journalism Awards [8] Best International Affairs DocumentaryNominated
2021 AIB Media Excellence Awards Foreign Affairs JournalismNominated

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