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- 2022
- Abramorama
- 1 h 45 m
- 2022
- Abramorama
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Three women lead the charge in their single-minded quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, as they face down forces equally determined to safeguard women's access to safe and legal abortions.
Directed By: Cynthia Lowen
Written By: Cynthia Lowen, Nancy Novack
- 2022
- Abramorama
- 1 h 45 m
- 2022
- Abramorama
- 1 h 45 m
Battleground
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Summary Three women lead the charge in their single-minded quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, as they face down forces equally determined to safeguard women's access to safe and legal abortions.
Directed By: Cynthia Lowen
Written By: Cynthia Lowen, Nancy Novack
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
63
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Lowen does a masterful job of presenting the anti-choice movement without spin.
Messy, personal, timely, brimming with ideas, overflowing with pain, and without answers: that’s the debate, and that’s the doc.
Battleground does serve as an excellent primer on the political and practical positions of both sides. But the biggest takeaway of this disconcerting documentary may come from pro-choice activist Sam Blakely, who insists that “we have to stop playing defense, and start playing offense.” Hope, it turns out, is no kind of strategy at all.
The film’s immersion into the anti-abortion movement — with a smattering of pro-choice voices woven in — is consistently fascinating. But Lowen’s measured approach also raises a question: How loud does a warning cry have to be to register? Eye-opening though it is, at times Battleground is muted to a fault.
The documentary is a cookie-cutter presentation intent on showing viewers how leaders of the anti-abortion movement have managed to advance their goals and consolidate power by mobilizing an evangelical minority.
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Production Company
Safe Space Pictures,
Train of Thought Productions,
Women Make Movies
Release Date Oct 7, 2022
Duration 1 h 45 m
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Website
https://battlegroundfilm.org/
Awards
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination