I'm seventeen, I'm pregnant and I don't know what to do

United States, 1970

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Dramatizes the plight of an unwed pregnant adolescent. With her parents, social workers and a discussion group at the Children’s Home Society of California, she considers the alternatives of abortion, forced marriage, temporary foster care, keeping the baby or relinquishing it for adoption.

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Credits

producer/director

David Crommie

production company

Lee Mendelson Film Productions

Duration

00:28:35:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1970

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013391

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Abortion

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Single parents

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Teenage pregnancy

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Abortion

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adoption

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Pregnancy, Adolescent

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenage pregnancy

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Abortion

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnancy - Psychological aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnancy, Adolescent

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnancy, Unwanted

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnant schoolgirls

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenage pregnancy

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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