Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair
Released: 1984Runtime: 58 min
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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Henry Morgentaler
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Claude Armand Sheppard
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Mike Morgentaler
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Michael Rudder
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Lisa Schwartz
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Jacques Thisdale
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Gwen Tolbart
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Gabriel Gascon
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William Hutt
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Lois Dellar
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