'Call Jane' pre-release film screening

The campus community is invited to see the film "Call Jane" at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Olin auditorium.

Snacks, prizes and a health fair will precede the film at 6:15 p.m.

"Call Jane" is a comedy-drama film starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver. The film is about a 1960s housewife who unexpectedly becomes pregnant but has a life-threatening heart condition. She seeks an illegal abortion and ultimately joins forces with the underground Jane collective in 1968 Chicago.

Inspired by true events, director Phyllis Nagy’s film captures the essence of late-60s social change via one woman’s quest to get a safe and legal abortion.

The film is sponsored by the Public Health program, Students for Reproductive Freedom, Ladies of Vital Essence, Sisterhood of Unique Ladies, Sociology and  Anthropology department, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.