A fearless sea captain, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.
Direction
Whitten captures impossible tension between hope and institutional violence.
Production
Real-time activism footage that'll leave you breathless.
Director
Diana Whitten
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The ship's name, Aurora, was chosen because it means 'dawn'—and because it sounds non-threatening to port authorities.
Gomperts' model directly inspired Mexico's abortion-by-mail networks, which became crucial after Roe fell in the US.
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