After Tiller

After Tiller
Directed byMartha Shane
Lana Wilson[1]
Written byLana Wilson
Martha Shane
Greg O'Toole
Produced byMartha Shane
Lana Wilson
CinematographyHillary Spera
Emily Topper
Edited byGregory O'Toole
Music byAndy Cabic
Eric D. Johnson
Distributed byRo*co[2]
Release date
  • January 18, 2013 (2013-01-18) (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

After Tiller is a 2013 documentary film directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson that follows the only four remaining doctors in the United States who openly perform abortions in the third trimester of pregnancy. In 2015, After Tiller won the News and Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary.[3] The title of the film refers to George Tiller, a doctor who performed abortions and was murdered in 2009.[1][4]

The film was met with a positive response from critics[5] and was an official selection for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival,[6] where it won the Candescent Award.[7] It went on to be nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary,[8] four Cinema Eye Honors,[9] a Satellite Award, and the Ridenhour Prize, and named one of the Top Five Documentaries of the year by the National Board of Review.[10] After Tiller was released in theaters across the US by arthouse distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories.

  1. ^ a b "Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #31: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson Track the Lives of Third-Trimester Abortion Doctors in 'After Tiller'". IndieWire. January 17, 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  2. ^ Benzine, Adam (15 January 2013). "Sundance '13: Ro*co picks up "After Tiller," "American Promise"". Realscreen. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ "POV Films Win Two News and Documentary Emmy Awards". POV. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. ^ "These Are the Last Four Doctors Who Perform Third-Trimester Abortions". thetakeaway.org. January 17, 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rotten Tomatoes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "After Tiller". Sundance film guide. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  7. ^ Pamela McClintock, “Sundance: Candescent Films Announces 2014 Documentary Awards,” The Hollywood Reporter, January 18, 2014.
  8. ^ "The 29th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards Are Announced". Film Independent. November 26, 2013. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Cinema Eye Honors Announces Nominees for 7th Annual Nonfiction Awards". Cinema Eye Honors. November 5, 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  10. ^ "National Board of Review Announces 2013 Award Winners". National Board of Review. December 4, 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2016.