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Citizen Ruth

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Co-written and directed by Alexander Payne, the award winning director of Election, About Schmidt, and Sideways.

Ruth Stoops is a drug-user whose down-and-out existence is complicated once more by becoming pregnant. When a judge orders that she gets an abortion or face a felony charge, she is befriended by Gail Stoney, a pro-lifer whose husband is president of the local 'Babysavers' group. Suddenly Ruth is thrust into the middle of the pro-choice/pro-life debate, with each side wanting her to take their side as a 'message' to others - and the situation escalates. Show less

Contributors

Ruth Stoops:
Laura Dern
Norm Stoney:
Kurtwood Smith
Gail Stoney:
Mary Kay Place
Harlan:
MC Gainey
Jessica Weiss:
Tippi Hedren
Blaine Gibbons:
Burt Reynolds

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