News and Documentary Emmy Award Winner for Best Documentary
SYNOPSIS
After Tiller intimately explores the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, all former colleagues of Dr. Tiller, who risk their lives every day in the name of their unwavering commitment toward their patients. After Tiller is a moving and unique exploration of one of the most incendiary topics of our time.
DIRECTED BY
Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
PRODUCED BY
Martha Shane Lana Wilson Drifting Cloud Productions
“The most compelling and important documentary of the year, a profoundly moving and genuinely inspiring piece of cinema.”
“After Tiller has the power to change the way people think…Does viewers the great service of providing light where there's usually only heat, giving a human face and heart to what previously might have been an abstract issue.”
“Extraordinarily compassionate and thought-provoking…An important film that looks unblinkingly at an important subject.”
“Impressive…Illuminating.”
“After Tiller takes the politically divisive, emotionally charged issue of late-term abortions and portrays it with grace, understatement and humanity.”
“Whether one is pro-life, pro-choice or without an opinion on the issue, After Tiller provides personal insight into a heart-wrenching, complex reality.”
“A rare feat…a calm, humanist documentary about a hot-button topic. Well contextualized and sensitively shot with extraordinary access, After Tiller reflects the personal, moral, and ethical struggles of the doctors as well as their patients, and deserves the widest possible audience.”
“Gets to the powerfully complex core of an issue that is widely misunderstood.”
“After Tiller is groundbreaking in giving voice not only to the doctors, but to those who always seem to get overlooked in the high-volume political debate about the topic: the women themselves.”
“A+. A terrific documentary that handles sensitively this controversial and heated topic.”
“Revelatory…An absorbing, thoughtful report, [and] a welcome exploration of practical and philosophical matters seldom broached across the partisan divide.”
“Intimate and heartfelt…Brings an emotional clarity to an issue in which every nuanced turn of phrase has been made politically complicated.”
“One of the most courageous pieces of filmmaking I've ever seen…Engages viewers' hearts and minds, reminding us why we need to make and watch documentary films at all.”
“Any viewer with an interest in this issue, whether pro-choice, pro-life, or agnostic, ought to see this heart-piercing report from the front lines.”
