This documentary is both a character study of DeVito's grandmother, Adeline LeJudas, and an incisive critique of patriarchal society. In contrast to the domestic comforts of her Brooklyn home, Adeline recounts the violence she suffered at her abusive husband's hands and how she survived a late, illegal abortion. The sharing of personal histories was a common practice of women's movement in the early '70s. They advocated for health information networks, legal abortion, and intensified public scrutiny of rape and violence against women.
