VESSEL + Reyðar strípur

Faroe Islands Int’l Minority Film Festival

VESSEL + Reyðar strípur

Sunnudagur / Sunday
4. sep 16:30
Norðurlandahúsið / The Nordic House
(Skálin)

Leikstjóri/Director: Diana Whitten
2015 | USA | 88 min
Enskt, spanskt, portugisiskt, swahiliskt, pólskt/

English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili, Polish
Enskir undirtekstir til ikki enskt mál/English subtitles
for non-English languages


Atgongumerki // tICKET

Vessel ger við einum miðvísum, hálend – skum lækna, Rebeccu Gomperts, og toymi hennara eina ferð at hjálpa kvinnum og gentum, sum stríðast í londum, har abort ikki er loyvd. Rebecca sær ein møguleika at brúka lógirnar á altjóða farvatni og stovnar “Women on Waves”, sum hevur til endamáls at veita abort-tænastu og gitnaðarverju til tey, sum ongan annan møguleika hava, á einum skipi út fyri strondini. Við filminum ferðast vit til fleiri lond, og eru vitni til, hvussu djarvir, upplýstir undirgrundarak – tivistar samskipa seg og standa fremst í stríðnum at tryggja altjóða reproduktión – srættindi til kvinnur, ið kunnu taka abort sjálvar.

Hóast átrúnaðarligar, politiskar og logistiskar forðingar eru, finna ‘Women on Waves’ kreativar loysnir og leiðbeina kvinnum, so at tær sjálvar eru førar fyri at taka ræði á teirra kroppi og lagnu. Ein sterkur, hugvekjandi heimildarfilmur, sum enn er viðkomandi í dagsins politi – sku skipan.

 

 

 

 

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Vessel follows a passionate Dutch doctor Rebecca Gomperts and her team on a quest to help women and girls who suf – fer under anti-abortion laws around the world. Rebecca saw an opportunity using laws governing international waters and founded ‘Women on Waves’, bringing much-needed abortion and contra – ceptive services to those with no other recourse on a ship in offshore waters. Throughout the film we travel to numer- ous countries witnessing the creation of underground networks of emboldened, informed activists, working at the cutting edge of global reproductive rights, who trust women to handle abortion themselves.

Despite religious, political, and logistical obstacles, ’Women on Waves’ must produce creative ways to enable the information needed to empower the women who want to take charge of their own bodies and fate. A strong inspiring documentary still rele – vant in our current political climate.

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