The A-Word

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• Genre(s): Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Lindsay Ellis, Mark Jonathan Harris
• Cast(s): Lindsay Ellis, Miriam Cutler, Aspen Baker, Ted Braun, Mark Capalbo See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 27min
• Music: Matthew S. Smith,Jesse Keller,Josh Mendoza,Alexis Marsh,Samuel Jones
• Award(s): Student 2011 (Won)
  David L. Wolper Student Documentary 2012 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, The Perfect Neighbor
• Story:
  In the fall of 2009, Lindsay Ellis, a 26-year old graduate student, went through the painful process of having an abortion. “The A-Word” follows Ellis as she opens up to her family and organizations from both sides of the debate, in search of healing. This is not a film about the protests and debates wrapped up in religious views and political agenda, but rather a personal journey about one woman’s struggle to shed the stigma attached to the A-word in hopes of starting a dialogue.
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