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American woman director presents abortion differently
28-2-2020
In its issue of today, Al Akhbar newspaper spotlighted an extraordinary movie by American director, Eliza Hittman, featuring a 17-year old girl who grew up in a working class and conservative family in rural Pennsylvania and decided to travel with her cousin to New York to get an abortion. The above film subtly reveals the sexuzalization of teenagers and the denial of their right to determine the fate of their young bodies, especially that they are viewed as available preys, but at the same time, they are still too young and vulnerable to decide to have abortion. In its analysis, Al Akhbar wrote Hittman presents abortion in her own way through a girl who seeks out to end her unintended pregnancy. She portrays the lead character unruffled and presents it honestly and non-manipulatively, without romanticizing or wallowing except for rare moments. Abortion is not the main issue, Hittman stresses through her film. It is the product of a sequence of abuse instances of the bodies and minds of millions of women around the world, beyond the laws and cultural differences of each country. In conclusion, Al Akhbar wrote, Hittman observes closely without judgement. Girls are not victims, she maintains, but they are walled inside the roles imposed on them by a male-dominated society. (More on the article on the following link: https://bit.ly/2wVO2Sf. (Ak Akhbar, February 28, 2020)
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