Described by director Gretchen Stoeltje as “each a cautionary story and a rallying cry,” “Shouting Down Midnight” highlights among the courageous girls in Texas who’ve fought for reproductive rights and entry to well being care. The documentary is at present screening at SXSW, and revisits Texas State Senator Wendy Davis’ iconic 2013 filibuster towards anti-abortion laws.
In an unique clip from the movie, we hear from Sadie Hernandez, an activist who was impressed by Davis and made headlines for main a every day protest in entrance of the Governor of Texas’ mansion. Hernandez is from Brownsville, Texas. “We’re low-income, we’re Brown, and we’re disproportionately impacted by these anti-choice legal guidelines,” the group organizer says. She explains that somebody from Brownsville would wish to drive upwards of an hour-and-a-half to get to a clinic providing abortions — and that’s assuming that they’ve entry to transportation. Undocumented girls and people with low incomes face much more boundaries.
Hernandez speaks to Davis’ impression on her, and her realization that “you possibly can’t be silent.”
Requested what she’d like folks to consider after watching the movie, Stoeltje informed us, “I hope that folks take into consideration how strange residents can have a significant function in policymaking, uninteresting and opaque as it will possibly generally be. I hope they mirror on the ability of being related, the revolutionary acts of standing up for and caring for oneself and for others, and the place they could contribute to alter in their very own communities.”
“Shouting Down Midnight’s” remaining screening at SXSW takes place tomorrow, March 17.
Supply: Women And Hollywood
