Storyline
The bleached palette and home-movie aesthetics of Super 8 footage provide the image track for this testimonial about an illegal abortion in Mexico City in the 1960s, delivered in voiceover by the filmmaker’s mother. In its account of this intimate and disorienting memory, Lesser Choices summons a time of profound uncertainty—a moment from an era without rights—and offers a warning to the present.
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Courtney Stephens's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lesser Choices is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
