For Their Own Good

For Their Own Good (DVD) (*)

~~$21.99~~ $15.97

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ed Kaplan

Written By:
Ed Kaplan
Clifford Campion

Actors:
Elizabeth Perkins ..... Sally Wheeler
Laura San Giacomo ..... Jo Mandell
Charles Haid ..... Hank
CCH Pounder ..... Naomi Brinker
Gary Basaraba ..... Roy Wheeler
Kelli Williams ..... Erma
Michael O'Neill ..... Clark Thompson
David Graf ..... Miles
Colleen Camp ..... Chris
Glenn Morshower ..... Jim Davis
David Purdham ..... Georgia
Hannah Eckstein ..... Marjorie
Jana Arnold ..... Older Jody
Trey Ames ..... Doctor Mason
Thomas Kopache

Synopsis:

It's either their jobs or their own children. A shocking true story. In 1984, a ruthless corporation based in a Texas town made a humiliating demand of its female workforce: they must choose between children - or their jobs. Because the toxic substances that the women handled in the course of their work might cause defects in an unborn child, the corporation ordered them to undergo compulsory sterilisation or lose their jobs. This is the true story of a crime almost beyond comprehension and the story of Sally Wheeler (Elizabeth Perkins, Big, The Doctor), a woman desperate to have another child, who refused to let her anger die and endured both public humiliation and private heartache in her unrelenting fight for justice.

A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 July, 2012.