SUNDANCE WINNER
Eliza Hittman's Relevant Teenage Drama
Even though Roe v Wade guaranteed a woman’s legal right to an abortion in 1973, numerous localities have stringent abortion laws that make it almost impossible for a woman to obtain one. In fact, while Roe v. Wade has not been overturned, there are plenty of states, like Georgia, that are doing everything they can to not only eradicate access to abortion, but to even punish women for getting one. In Eliza Hittman’s (of the Sundance hit, Beach Rats) new movie, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, a pregnant teenage girl, Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) and her cousin, Skylar (Talia Ryder) travel to New York City from their small town in Pennsylvania so Autumn can obtain an abortion.
The trailer, which was released in late December, introduces us to the young women at the center of the movie. In the trailer, we follow Autumn as she attempts to get an abortion in her home town, only to end up getting an ultrasound. After she determines she cannot do what she needs in Pennsylvania, her cousin comes up with the idea to go to New York City. The title for the film comes from the answers patients are asked to give on medical questionnaires.
Like Hittman’s previous movie, Never Rarely Sometimes Always had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Neo-Realism. The movie was picked up by Focus Features and is scheduled to be released in theaters March 13, 2020. See Never Rarely Sometimes Always in theaters when it comes out, and watch the trailer now.
