An eloquent personal narrative about the meaning of childhood and the use of children as political tools—specifically by “Right-to-Lifers” participating in the blockades of abortion clinics. Rather than merely constructing a video document of the daily drama surrounding the protests, Wrobel slows down the event and extracts the children's stories. She interlaces this with personal memories of her playful and carefree childhood, and exposes how she too was susceptible when young. Neither preachy nor accusatory, Wrobel’s combination of street images with personal experience allows viewers to reach their own conclusions in an extremely powerful manner.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Kate Wrobel
1994 00:10:00 United StatesEnglishColorMono4:3VideoDescription
About Kate Wrobel
Kate Wrobel is a commercial editor from Chicago whose personal work has been screened at festivals throughout the United States. She spent the summer of 1992 shooting video at demonstrations at abortion clinics. The story of the the numbers of children being arrested there for trying to block clinic doors engaged Wrobel because she was raised Catholic and considered herself “pro-life” as a child.