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Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995)

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story poster

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995)

Overview

Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law established by Anthony Comstock forbidding the dissemination of information on contraception. Sanger later helped to establish America's first birth control clinic in 1916, and in 1925 was one of the founders of Planned Parenthood.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Negative

Viewer Rating
5.4

Overview

Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law established by Anthony Comstock forbidding the dissemination of information on contraception. Sanger later helped to establish America's first birth control clinic in 1916, and in 1925 was one of the founders of Planned Parenthood.


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Detailed Bias Analysis

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Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's central narrative sympathetically portrays Margaret Sanger's advocacy for birth control, explicitly promoting progressive values of women's reproductive rights and challenging societal restrictions on healthcare access.

The film, a biographical account of Margaret Sanger, is presumed to feature traditional casting reflective of the historical figure. Its narrative, while focusing on Sanger's challenge to societal norms and institutions regarding reproductive rights, presents a subtle critique of traditional power structures inherent to her historical struggle.

Secondary

The film portrays Christian institutions, particularly the Catholic Church, as significant obstacles to women's reproductive freedom and health. Their doctrines are depicted as rigid and harmful, directly opposing Margaret Sanger's efforts to provide access to birth control and education.

This biographical film centers on Margaret Sanger's work as a birth control advocate. The narrative does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, therefore offering no specific portrayal to evaluate within the scope of this framework.

The film focuses on the life and activism of Margaret Sanger, a pioneer in the birth control movement. Its narrative is centered on women's reproductive rights and social reform in the early 20th century, and it does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

This film is a biopic about the historical figure Margaret Sanger. There is no evidence that Margaret Sanger or any other historically established character in the film is portrayed with a gender different from their documented real-world gender.

The film is a biopic about Margaret Sanger, a real historical figure who was white. The actress portraying Margaret Sanger, Dana Delany, is also white. There is no evidence of any other major historical character being portrayed by an actor of a different race than their documented historical race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

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6.7
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4.0

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N/A
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N/A

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