Rhona Rees is ready to shock with “Freya,” set in the near future where abortion is completely illegal and contraception is only available to men.“That’s what I like about sci-fi.
If we show an extreme future that’s still preventable, it will allow us to start a conversation,” she says.“I get really emotional when I talk about it.
It’s unbelievable, the way we are sliding backwards in human rights, because women’s rights are human rights.
If this was happening to men, there would be World War III.”Now in development, “Freya” was recently awarded at Frontières, winning PurpleDOG Post’s post-production prize worth Cad$ 10,000.
Kristyn Stilling and Athena Russell produce for Freya Films.Rees has already explored a similar universe in a 2020 short directed by Camille Hollett-French, which she wrote and starred in as Jade, pregnant after a one-night stand.
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