The Devil Is Busy

CinemaSerf

Seen from the perspective of Tracii, the woman in charge of logistics at an abortion clinic Atlanta in Georgia (USA), we spend a day that starts at 5.30 in the morning and witness just how strenuous her everyday life is as she inspects the buildings and car park for undesirables; acknowledges the regular, if somewhat sparse, protesters who stand outside yelling hell and damnation and then prepares for the arrival of the "patients". She is clearly a religious woman, and invokes the help of God throughout the day - but she doesn't opine on the purpose of this clinic. She sees her job as one of facilitation. The people who attend are there for medical treatment and as far as she is concerned thereafter it is their private business. Of course, she knows what the purpose of the establishment is but makes no judgements, she just gets on with things. We don't spend much time in the company of the women who attend, but there is some interesting conversation with a doctor who advises of the legal eggshells upon which they must tread to ensure they stay on the right side of the complex regulations that govern this work. It doesn't really attempt to go into the morals and ethics of these controversial processes nor take any editorial stance for us to agree with or not. It merely provides us with an observation of a no-nonsense lady who puts up with a lot, of a security team who have to search handbags for knives and guns and of a routine that tests everyone day in, day out.