The inaugural rePRO Film Festival with a spotlight on movies about reproductive healthcare and rights is set to open with Erika Cohn's Belly of the Beast, a documentary about forced sterilizations in California's women's prisons.
Cohn's legal probe of illegal healthcare procedures— often targeting women of color— will launch the virtual August 12 to 16 showcase of films about reproductive health care and activism, including access to abortion and sexual education.
rePRO is programmed by festival founders Lela Meadow-Conner, Mallory Martin and Debby Samples. “The three of us have young children and want them to grow up in a world where they and their peers have access to fundamental reproductive rights and freedoms, and we will advocate for.
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