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Jackson (92')

Directed by Maisie Crow

  • “Easily one of the year's strongest documentaries...”
    Criterion Cast
  • “Elegant, unsettling”
    Village Voice

A Showtime Documentary. Abortion remains legal in the United States but anti-abortion efforts have succeeded in making it virtually inaccessible in some places and in the Deep South, often unthinkable. At one time Mississippi had fourteen abortion clinics. Now only one remains.

Since the passage of Roe v. Wade more than four decades ago, the self-labeled “pro-life” movement has won significant cultural, political and legal battles. Now, the stigma of abortion is prolific in Mississippi and women in poverty and women of color are particularly vulnerable. Jackson is wrought with the racial and religious undertones of the Deep South and explores the nuanced nature of abortion in America’s Bible Belt.

Shannon Brewer is the director of Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the only remaining abortion clinic in the state. Barbara Beaver runs the Center for Pregnancy Choices and is a leader of the anti-abortion movement in Mississippi. April Jackson is a young mother of four children faced with another unplanned pregnancy.

Jackson is an intimate, unprecedented look at the lives of three women caught up in the complex issues surrounding abortion access. Set against the backdrop of the fight to close the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, Jackson captures the essential and hard truth of the lives at the center of the debate over reproductive healthcare in America.

Director’s Statement
I chose to make this film in Mississippi because I was struck by the dire nature of a state that only has one remaining abortion clinic. My intentions were to provide insight to the reality of this cultural climate and the women who were closest to it.

Jackson follows their daily lives, capturing their struggles and intentions, while exploring the complex and confounding nature of the abortion debate in Mississippi and the rest of the nation.

 

For more info please visit: http://www.jacksonthefilm.com/
"Jackson in Nylon" In The Press
Nylon: Jackson Coming to HBO Max in SeptemberMORE +
Decider: Jackson New On HBO and HBO Max September 2020MORE +
IndieWire: “Jackson” is now available on Vimeo. The abortion-focused documentary will be part of a virtual screening and Q&A event on Sunday, April 26.MORE +
NYLON on JACKSON: "A powerful film.. Demonstrates what's at stake by denying women accurate information about what it means to have a real choice about their bodies and their futures."MORE +
The Paris Review: "Resonant of both the person and the place, Jackson embodies the issues at stake in a debate too often waged in the name of those it doesn’t care to face."MORE +
Mother Jones: This film [Jackson] about reproductive rights has never been more relevant.MORE +
"Jackson" confronts the conflict over reproductive healthcare in America's Bible Belt.MORE +
Los Angeles Times "Tuesdays TV Highlights: Jackson"MORE +
Jackson: TV Weekly Now "an intimate look at the lives of three women caught in the complex issues surrounding access to abortion in the Deep South."MORE +
Jackson: premieres Tuesday May 2nd, on Showtime: 7:30 pmMORE +
Berria Spain: JACKSON wins Amnesty Int'l Award at San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival. MORE +
Ms Magazine: "JACKSON leaves the spectator a feeling of discomfort. But also the urge to change something."MORE +
Huffington Post: Faith-Based ‘Clinics’ Want To Replace Planned Parenthood And That’s Dangerous As Hell and 'Jackson'MORE +
Village Voice: "Elegant, unsettling Jackson finds issues of class, race, religion, executive power, and women's rights to be tightly interwoven."MORE +
Criterion Cast: "Easily one of the year’s strongest documentaries."MORE +
New York Magazine: Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic, CapturedMORE +
Cosmopolitan: JACKSON "shows what happens when women can't get the information and support they need."MORE +
Huffington Post: "A heartbreaking documentary portrayal of what abortion restrictions mean..."MORE +
Film Journal International: JACKSON "zeroes in on another face of racism." MORE +
Filmmaker Magazine: JACKSON is a "devastating account...reveals just how much the road to hell is paved with the best of intentions." MORE +

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