* WHAT: Screening of _The Abortion Diaries_ (2005, 30 min) with
Producer/Directer Penny Lane present & speaking
* WHEN: Thursday, 1/25 at 7pm
* WHERE: Durham Food Co-op, 1101 W. Chapel Hill St, Durham
* COST: Free! (Donations appreciated)

"The Abortion Diaries":http://theabortiondiaries.com is a documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their experiences with abortion. The women are doctors, subway workers, artists, activists, military personnel, teachers and students; they are Black, Latina, Jewish and White; they are mothers or child-free; they range in age from 19 to 54. Their stories weave together with the filmmaker's diary entries to present a compelling, moving and at times surprisingly funny "dinner party" where the audience is invited to hear what women say behind closed doors about motherhood, medical technology, sex, spirituality, love, work and their own bodies.

* Audience Award, New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival
* Choice USA "Spirit of Communication" Award
* Best Documentary (Student), Carolina Film/Video Festival

The Abortion Diaries clocks in at only 30 minutes, leaving ample time for the lively discussion that follows each screening. Since the film's release in October 2005, over 120 college groups, health providers, feminist centers, community media centers, churches and just plain people have taken the opportunity to use The Abortion Diaries as a way to promote a healthy dialoge about abortion in their communities. Screenings have consistently drawn large and passionate crowds of people from all walks of life and all generations who engage in eye-opening, inspired discussion about what reproductive freedom means to all of us.