Critical Writing Index

Nancy Nicol's The Struggle for Choice

by Leila Marshy

Cinema Canada, Apr. 1987, no. 140, p. 47

This magazine article details the tumultuous story of attaining abortion rights in Canada in Nancy Nicol's The Struggle for Choice. It is a review in Cinema Canada of Nancy Nicol's five part video series titled The Stuggle for Choice. The video series which began in 1984 documents the evolution of abortion rights in Canada since 1969. The video mixes archival footage with interviews of individuals who were involved in the struggle for abortion rights throughout Canada with a portion reserved for the story of activists in Quebec.

ITEM 1987.083 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

The Struggle for ChoiceNancy Nicols