Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair

Name: Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair
Director: Paul Cowan
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 1984-01-01
Duration: 3480000 s
Cast: Henry Morgentaler, Claude-Armand Sheppard, Mike Morgentaler

Directed by Paul Cowan

1984 58mDocumentary, Biography

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.

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