Project Detail

Trial of a Child Denied

Name: Trial of a Child Denied
Director: Michelle Coomber
Genre: Woman Director, Drama
Released: 2009
Duration: 25 mins 45 mins

Dana Wilson

Synopsis

When Helena Fereníková was 19 years old and in the throes of labor with her first child, she was told to sign a document. Only afterwards did she realize she had authorized her own sterilization. Eleven years previously, the same happened to Elena Gorolová. Both women are fighting for justice. Helena has chosen legal action, and became the first Roma woman to win a case in Central Europe against the hospital that sterilized her in 2001. Elena addresses international audiences to ensure this never happens again.Helena and Elena's situations are a microcosm for the multiple sources of social injustice facing today's Roma. Through their poignant and unnerving stories, this film unearths the shocking anachronism of the practice of forced sterilization that continued long after the Communist mandate.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 25 mins 45 mins
Format: HDV
Director: Michelle Coomber
Producer: Dana Wilson
Editor: Michelle Coomber
Director of Photography: Michael Kaboš, Lujbo Ljubo Tomanovi
Sound: Daniel Zahradní, Michal Gábor, Martin Lonek
Composer: Vojetch Lavi, Mungo Baby

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mortal Coil Media

49 Montpelier Vale
Blackheath
London SE3 0TJ
UK

T +44(0)7974 212 384

dana@mortalcoilmedia.com

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www.mortalcoilmedia.com

Sales Company

Journeyman Pictures

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Thames Ditton
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UK

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