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New documentary "Battleground" by Cynthia Lowen

By Sarah LaDuke

Published October 7, 2022 at 11:20 AM EDT

Artwork for documentary film "Battleground" by Cynthia Lowen

This June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade, ending 50 years of constitutional protections for abortion in the United States. Directed by Cynthia Lowen, “Battleground” shows how anti-abortion activists worked to get Roe overturned and how pro-choice activists work to maintain safe and legal access to abortion services.

Lowen is also the director and producer of ‘Netizens,’ a feature documentary about women and online harassment and ‘Bully’ following five kids and families through a year in the life of America’s bullying crisis.

“Battleground” will be in theaters beginning October 7 and will be shown at Proctors in Schenectady, New York on October 11.

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Sarah LaDuke

Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.

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