Preceded by short: How I Spent My Summer Vacation(Kate Wrobel, 1994). Wrobel's disturbing yet unusually even-handed glimpse of ananti-abortion rally where children are used on the front lines as politicalramrods. (10 mins) Jane: An Abortion Service reads like afairy-tale of activism. In 1965, an undergraduate at the University of Chicagoreferred a pregnant friend to a safe abortionist. A young civil rights worker,"Jane" conceived of access to abortions as an issue directly related toself-determination. By 1969, the informal referral had grown to a well-organizedwomen's health collective, offering safe illegal abortions performed by thevolunteer staff. Directors Kirtz and Lundy have amassed archival footage,personal documents, and interviews with both members of Jane and their manypatients. The story that emerges tells of an underground railroad, shuttlingwomen to secret clinics where medical supplies were stockpiled, counselingoffered, and a community gathered to resolve a common plight. Jane is a rousingtestament to the commitment of ordinary people who fought for the sanctity oftheir own bodies.-Steve Seid (56:30 mins)