The worst thing to do with a period movie that has contemporary relevance is to not overlay it with contemporary gloss or spin.

We didn't seek to fetishize the 60s.

I made sure that everything looked like we were there. There.

Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Director's Guild of America.

In this episode, a pregnant woman finds herself in a dire situation in director Phyllis Nagy's drama called Jane.

Set in Chicago in 1968, the film follows Joy, a conservative housewife and mother who is faced with a devastating diagnosis when her second

pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart condition. Unable to get an exemption for illegal abortion,

she turns to a clandestine group of women for help. Call Jane is Nagy's feature directorial

debut. Her other directorial credit is the movie for television, Mrs. Harris.

Following a recent screening of the film

at the DGA Theater in New York,

Nagy spoke with director Sarah Perozic

about filming Call Jane.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

So I just want to say, before I get to any questions or anything,

what an incredible film, what a moving film.

It was really, it was a real, you know, deeply moving.

And your vision on the screen, I think honors a lot of women's experiences.

So thank you.

Thank you for saying that, really.

And I'm getting choked up.

I guess let's start at the beginning. And I'd love to ask you how this script came to you.

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