Look, She Has Her Eyes Wide Open
Jan 01 1980
•2h 54m
•Documentary
In March 1977, six activists of the Movement for the Liberation of abortion and contraception (MLAC) were tried for the illegal practice of abortion. Around the trial, the film reveals the lives of this group of women proposing to appropriate medical knowledge associated with childbirth and abortion.
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