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The pro-life film “Unplanned” is finally heading to the Canadian theaters after being essentially blocked for playing the country. The film, which details former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson’s pro-life conversion story, will hit Canadian movie theaters this summer.<\/p>\n

Cineplex Entertainment, which owns 80 percent of Canadian theaters, claimed that it could not screen the film because the Pure Flix movie didn’t have a distributor, but the film’s producers believe the film was blocked because of its pro-life message.<\/p>\n

A public screening of “Unplanned” in Edmonton was attended by 3,000 and helped launched efforts to get the movie screened nationwide.<\/p>\n

\"Unplanned\"

Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOn the May 14th screening there were some influencers in the room, and the next morning conversations were already happening,\u201d pro-life activist and TV host Faytene Grasseschi said of the event<\/a>. \u201cWe decided to really capitalize on the momentum coming out of Edmonton and launch a Canada-wide plan to reinforce that Canadians want this film.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a boycott campaign<\/a> by pro-lifers, which was signed by over 5,000 people, the film’s producers were able to begin negotiations with distributors. Now Cinedicom, an independent distributor in Canada,\u00a0plans to distribute<\/a> the movie in at least 100 theaters.<\/p>\n

“The response is excellent so far; there is a good demand for the movie,” said Cinedicom president BJ McKelvie.<\/p>\n

“Unplanned” is scheduled to begin playing on July 12, and Grandin Media<\/a> reports that theaters in Alberta, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Labrador will be announcing showtimes soon.\u00a0Information on the showings will also be available online at\u00a0unplannedtickets.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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