Call Jane (2022)

Jack, Amy, Travis, and I really liked this story of a 1968 woman who discovers a collective that helps women in need get abortions. Timely now, it's based on a real network of 60s Chicago activists who all called themselves Jane. Elizabeth Banks leads a fine cast that includes Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, and more. Grace Edwards plays Banks' teenage daughter.

A teaching companion to Happening, which I saw three weeks earlier, this one is slightly more hopeful. Phyllis Nagy directs from a screenplay by Hayley Schore & Roshan Sethi.

The score by Isabella Summers doesn't seem to be available online, but, as usual for twentieth century period pieces, we two boomers loved the lots of fun songs accompanying the movie. Here's a list.

With 36 producers, it doesn't win my Producers Plethora Prize, but it does make the list.

Banks was last blogged for Lovely, Still, Weaver for Chappie, Messina for Air, and Mara for Women Talking. Edwards was part of the huge cast of Asteroid City. Nagy makes her feature film directing debut  after writing and directing a TV movie and writing Carol. Schore & Sethi co-created a TV show (The Resident--haven't seen it) and it's a screenwriting debut for Schore and the second picture for Sethi. 

Rotten Tomatoes critics and audiences are using their phones, averaging 82 and 87%, respectively. We watched it on Hulu September 12. It's also available to rent if you don't have Hulu.