Product Details

• Actors: Steve Wagner, David Lee, Peggy Hartshorn, Joe Scheidler, John Brockhoeft
• Directors: Stephen Fell, Will Thompson
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
• DVD Release Date: October 23, 2007
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000U95N9O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,512 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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UNBORN IN THE USA - DVD Movie

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Film - Must Have for All College Campuses, November 27, 2007

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Scott Dunford "S. Dunford" (Mount Berry, Ga.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unborn in the USA (DVD)

This movie is absolutely brilliant. It is a balanced look at an important issue that still causes conflict in our country. The film pulls no punches showing the good and the bad of this highly divisive issue.

Fell and Thompson show the stories of multiple people involved in the pro-life movement and do so with shocking honesty. The film delves into the multiple levels of the movement, ranging from the highly-funded efforts of the Focus Institute, to the story of violent "abortionist bombers" that are associated with the "Army of God", to the grass-roots anti-abortion movement. At each phase the sheds light on the efforts that being made on behalf of furthering the pro-life agenda, which have in large part remained out of the public eye.

Viewers should not come into the film expecting it to change their views on abortion. This is not a propaganda film for either side of the argument. It is instead an enlightening and honest look at the other side of the issue, the part that the newspapers and tv cameras don't report on because it wouldn't make a good 30-second sound-byte or three-line quote. While the mainstream media focuses on only the sensational aspects of the battle over abortion this film digs deeper and reveals so much more about both sides of the equation. This film should spark informed discussion for any viewer.

This DVD is a must buy. If you haven't seen the film then you need to watch it, no matter your opinion on abortion. If you saw the film in theaters, then the DVD extras including deleted scenes and post-production video interviews make it well-worth the investment.

This film is a must for any college or university campus. While it centers on the pro-life leaders, it deals with both sides of the argument and presents no conclusions, leaving it up to the viewer to decide. What it does do, is spark informed, academic discusssion, which is the life-blood of American colleges and universities.

I recently purchased this film and will not soon shake the new impressions that I have gleaned from just one viewing. I can't wait to watch it again with my friends to spark the debate of an issue that deserves attention.

16 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Objective Look At The Anti-Abortion Movement, October 27, 2007

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Chris Luallen (Nashville, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unborn in the USA (DVD)

Unlike most political films, which seek to ridicule those on the other side of an issue, this documentary truly strives for and, to a great extent, achieves a fair minded, objective approach. Numerous people from all spectrums of the movement are filmed and interviewed. Some are relatively moderate, seeking to change things through dialogue, imagery and the political process. While others, such as the "Army Of God", support violent extremism, including the bombing of abortion clinics and the murder of doctors.

Personally I am strongly pro-choice. But I am willing to listen to and consider rational argument from those who disagree with me. What I found most striking and disturbing was that every single person shown supporting the anti-abortion cause was a fundamentalist Christian who based their beliefs on religious values rather than scientific fact. While I find it perfectly reasonable to place some restrictions on late term abortions, which our society already does, I find it ludicrous to consider the termination of a first trimester pregnancy to be equivalent to murder. The absurd attempt to prevent the legalization of the "morning after pill" is another clearcut example of anti-abortion activists stuck on a "life begins at conception" religious belief rather than considering the medical facts. Of course, they also refuse to acknowledge the reality that abortion always have and always will take place in human societies irregardless of its legal status. In fact, some countries where abortion is illegal, such as the staunchly Catholic countries of Latin America, have higher rates of abortion than countries where it is legal. My wife, who is originally from Ecuador, says she would never have an abortion herself but believes it should be legal because of all the women in her country who end up dead after having an "underground" abortion.

Still this documentary does an excellent job of letting the anti-abortion activists speak for themselves and allowing the viewers to form their own opinions. I consider this doc worth watching for people on both sides of this controversial issue.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Balanced? Really?, October 22, 2011

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M. W. Dewey (Virginia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Unborn in the USA (DVD)

I teach an ethics class and thought this would be a good video to show my students. It was billed as being balanced, without editorializing. My hope was that it would show fair presentations of arguments that we could then dissect in class. Much to my disappointment, I found the movie to present a straw man argument of the pro-life position. While the producers did not engage in any kind of critique of the views presented, they most certainly went out of their way to present the pro-life position as ridiculous. There were zero arguments present regarding the strengths or weaknesses of either position in the debate. What the viewer sees is merely interviews and video footage of what I would characterize as extremists in the movement that do not represent a reasoned approach to the issue. Interviews consisted of the following: people who stand on street corners holding signs of aborted fetuses, protesters yelling obscenities and calling pro-choicers names (i.e. spawn of Satan), people who advocate blowing up abortion clinics and killing doctors, a woman who makes dolls of aborted fetuses to sell to grieving mothers. The implied message: there is no reasoned approach from pro-life proponents, they are all a bunch of loons.

The thing about editorializing is that if you get to edit the movie, you make the choices about what gets presented and what doesn't. It is clear that the producers had an agenda. How about interviewing an ethicist who is arguing against abortion? The front cover shows the supreme court, but fails to even present a single legal argument. When the issue of partial birth abortion is discussed, the implication is clear that the only reason the Supreme Court upheld the ban is that conservative appointees outnumbered moderates and liberals. Again, lets discuss the legal arguments and decide for ourselves. The subtitle of this film is how the pro-lifers are winning. After watching this film I am sure that most will come away scratching their heads wondering how, with such poor representation, pro-lifers are winning.

I am sure that if one produced such a documentary on the pro-choice movement, one could equally present a one sided impression. This does nothing to actually further the debate or increase dialogue, and I find that disheartening. While it is certainly the producers right to make such a film, I find it misleading to bill it as fair. If you are looking for a balanced view, keep searching.