Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in 2009, only four doctors in the United States continue to perform third-trimester abortions. These physicians, all colleagues of Dr. Tiller, sacrifice their safety and personal lives in the name of their fierce, unwavering conviction to help women. But for some in the pro-life movement, these doctors are “murderers” who must be stopped.
Offering audiences an unprecedented perspective, After Tiller is an intimate look into each of the four physicians’ private and professional struggles. Wrenching moments in the clinics, when they gently counsel distraught patients facing grievous losses, force us to step into the shoes of both practitioner and patient and confront the full complexity of each decision. Decades after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, the issue remains one of the most volatile in our public sphere. After Tiller sensitively and artfully extricates the controversy from the ideological realm and humanizes those who have been demonized.
"Unless people understand what's going on for the woman, it's impossible to support it." 2013 happens to be a year full of incredibly moving and important documentaries, from Blackfish to The Act of Killing. Yet another we recommend not only for its thoughtful, intimate filmmaking but for the way it courageously and intelligently approaches a controversial subject is called After Tiller. Co-directors Martha Shane and Lana Wilson tell the rousing stories of the four remaining doctors who perform third-trimester abortions after the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in 2009.
Offering audiences an unprecedented perspective, After Tiller is an intimate look into each of the four physicians’ private and professional struggles. Wrenching moments in the clinics, when they gently counsel distraught patients facing grievous losses, force us to step into the shoes of both practitioner and patient and confront the full complexity of each decision. Decades after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, the issue remains one of the most volatile in our public sphere. After Tiller sensitively and artfully extricates the controversy from the ideological realm and humanizes those who have been demonized.
"Unless people understand what's going on for the woman, it's impossible to support it." 2013 happens to be a year full of incredibly moving and important documentaries, from Blackfish to The Act of Killing. Yet another we recommend not only for its thoughtful, intimate filmmaking but for the way it courageously and intelligently approaches a controversial subject is called After Tiller. Co-directors Martha Shane and Lana Wilson tell the rousing stories of the four remaining doctors who perform third-trimester abortions after the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in 2009.
