If you loved The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, try Call Jane

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Call Jane is

Thelma and Louise, without the car. When a Chicago housewife faces a life-threatening pregnancy in 1968, she finds herself stonewalled by an all-male medical establishment. An underground collective of women offer her a solution. It's a solid if familiar depiction of proto-feminist activism.

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