No One Asked You
No One Asked You (2023, 100min)
Directed by Ruth Leitman
Produced by Rachel Rozycki and ANdrea Raby
Comedian, disruptor-extraordinaire Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show), and Abortion Access Front crisscross the U.S. to support abortion clinic staff and bust stigma. Pop culture icons and next-gen comics fuel this six-year road film activating small-town folks to rebuild vandalized clinics, exposing wrongdoer politicians, anti-abortion extremists, and media neglect as the race to the bottom ensues and our rights burn down. No One Asked You is a bold call to action driven by the power of humor in social change, where joy prevails.
Premiere: DOCNYC (2023)
Distributed by JOLT
Audience Award Runner UpDOC NYC
Jury Prize, Best Documentary Feature SF IndieFest
Best Feature Documentary Thin Line Film Festival
Audience Award Winner Chicago Underground Film Festival
Best Director DC Indie Film Fest
Honorable Mention Best Documentary Feature
Omaha Film Festival, Oxford Film Festival
Donor’s Choice Best Showcase Film Phoenix Film Festival
"Humorous and urgent"
- IndieWire
"[No One Asked You] takes abortion out of the abstract ideological shout-fest and humanizes the issue."
- Vanity Fair
"...the only abortion doc that’ll make you laugh as much as it’ll make you want to cry.”
- Jezebel
"Given the current political climate, No One Asked You is a timely and immediately relevant documentary that is required viewing."
- Film Threat
"A call to action as much as a profile in courage, No One Asked You inspires, even as it terrifies through its hard luck on where we are today."
- Hammer To Nail
“What I admire most about this is its commitment to something more than just the film equivalent of doomscrolling... if you're feeling defeated about this issue and all the other ones affecting people in real-life ways … watch it.”
- KCRW