“Zurawski v Texas” with Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO RESCHEDULE IT.
“This unflinching survey of Texas’s overly restrictive abortion laws smartly presents reproductive healthcare as a bipartisan issue.” —Variety
Join the Clinton Foundation and the Arkansas Cinema Society Monday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. ET for a screening of “Zurawski v Texas,” a documentary that reveals the dire impact of losing access to healthcare followed by a riveting conversation with filmmakers Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault.
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Adults: $15 | Seniors & Kids: $10
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Crow and Perrault followed three women who were denied abortions under Texas’s ambiguous and unforgiving abortion bans as they banded together with a fearless attorney to sue Texas. While battling in court against the state and its immovable Attorney General, the extent of their traumatic experiences is revealed as they wrestle to regain their reproductive futures and set a precedent for millions of other women and families.
“Zurawski v Texas” reveals the dire impact of losing access to healthcare — and the extraordinary efforts of the women and men fighting on the frontline to regain those rights.
Secretary Hillary Clinton and Dr. Chelsea Clinton are executive producers of the film.
Maisie Crow is a documentary filmmaker and photojournalist based in Texas. Her films have aired on HBO and Showtime. Most recently, she directed and produced “Zurawski v Texas” which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2024.
Her 2021 documentary “At the Ready” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and can now be seen on MAX. In 2018, her documentary, “Jackson,” received a News and Documentary Emmy award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary. The film won 15 film festival awards for best documentary and audience favorite.
In 2022, she was part of “This American Life’s” reporting team on the Peabody-winning episode “The Pink House at the Center of the World.” Her short films “The Last Clinic” and “A Life Alone” were both nominated for News and Documentary Emmy awards. Her work has also been recognized by the Overseas Press Club, American Society of Magazine Editors, Pictures of the Year International and World Press Photo.
Maisie has taught photojournalism and video storytelling as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.
In 2019, Maisie and her husband took the helm of “The Big Bend Sentinel” and “Presidio International” newspapers in Far West Texas, building a community gathering space around the publications to help bolster readership and revenue.
Abbie Perrault is a documentary filmmaker and journalist based in Chicago. She directed and produced “Zurawski v Texas” (Telluride 2024). She previously produced “At The Ready” (Sundance 2021, MAX), associate-produced the documentary shorts “An Abortion in Mississippi” and “Reproductive Rights Road Trip” (The Intercept), and was impact producer of Emmy-award winning documentary “Jackson” (Showtime).
Her previous work as managing editor of “The Big Bend Sentinel” and “Presidio International” newspapers in Marfa, Texas has been recognized by the Texas Press Association for general excellence and her reporting received awards for outstanding feature writing and outstanding news writing.