Family Life Movie Review 1971

A portrait of 19-year-old Janice Baldwin, who's forced to get an abortion by her parents and battles them constantly to establish her own identity. She is eventually sent to a mental institution for depression, where she is subjected to increasingly vigorous psychological interventions, including electro-shock. Documentary-style effort originally made for British TV.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS
Running time 108 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Teen Angst, Parenthood, Sanity Check, Abortion

Cast

Sandy Ratcliff, Bill Dean, Grace Cave

Director

Ken Loach

Producer

Cinema 5