[act-ma] Nov 18 Film + Q&A in Cambridge / LEONA'S SISTER GERRI

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On Monday, November 18 at 7pm at the Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138), The DocYard presents LEONA'S SISTER GERRI, by award-winning local documentary filmmaker Jane Gillooly, followed by Q&A with the filmmaker. 
 
Released in 1995, LEONA’S SISTER GERRI speaks to our present moment with searing immediacy by exploring the hidden history of a controversial photograph showing a young woman’s death from an illegal abortion. At the time of its release, Madeline Drexler of the Boston Globe Magazine ​wrote ​“Fleshing out the life behind a now iconic image, Gillooly makes the political personal, the abstract particular and in so doing uncover layers of humanity often missing in political rhetoric.”
 
Event Details: [ http://thedocyard.com/2019/08/leonas-sister-gerri/ ]( http://thedocyard.com/2019/08/leonas-sister-gerri/ )
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*Volunteers from Mystic Valley Action for Choice, supported by [ NARAL Massachusetts ]( https://prochoicemass.org/about/ ), will be at this screening to share more information about their current state-level advocacy work in support of [ the ROE Act ]( https://prochoicemass.org/issue/expanding-abortion-access/ ), and how you can become involved.*