{"id":203225,"date":"2019-05-30T08:31:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T13:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=203225"},"modified":"2019-05-30T12:34:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:34:14","slug":"unplanned-canada-banned-prolife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/unplanned-canada-banned-prolife\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned pro-life film ‘Unplanned’ may come to Canada after all"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Once effectively banned<\/a> in Canada, the pro-life film “Unplanned,” about the one-time Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life activist Abby Johnson, may be shown in the country after all.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s producers are currently in negotiations with distributors and a deal may soon be announced in which the film could be shown in up to 20 theaters. Co-director Cary Solomon credited the outpouring of support from pro-lifers, including a recent public screening<\/a> of the movie in Edmonton, at which 3,000 people packed into the Edmonton Expo Center to watch the film. The event was attended by major social media influencers who helped to spark conversation and spread the word.<\/p>\n

“On the May 14th screening there were some influencers in the room, and the next morning conversations were already happening,” pro-life activist and TV host Faytene Grasseschi said of the event. “We decided to really capitalize on the momentum coming out of Edmonton and launch a Canada-wide plan to reinforce that Canadians want this film.”<\/p>\n

The plan is a successful cinema\u00a0boycott campaign<\/a> called “Canada wants Unplanned,” which was signed by over 5,000 people. \u201cCanadians want to hear Abby’s story,\u201d says the website, which has a place to register a participant\u2019s boycott, and also a copy-and-paste letter to send to Cineplex.<\/p>\n

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#UnPlannedMovie<\/a> makes international news, but won’t make some international theaters. Because @WhatDidAbbySee? is a question Canada won’t let you see.
\nOr will they?
\nPitch in & support grassroots groundswells for the film: https:\/\/t.co\/pvMG1ZWii4<\/a>#MondayMotivation<\/a> #LLYMI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UnplannedMovie (@UnplannedMovie) May 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n