Monday’s Child is a social drama that explores the abortion debate from the legal, medical, personal and spiritual perspectives.  Set in Washington, D.C., the story centers on a community affected by legislation that would overturn Roe v. Wade.  As the country grows more divisive on the issues at stake in this pro-life/pro-choice war, only the Supreme Court can decide the fate of women’s lives and America’s right to choose.

The story involves several women facing difficult pregnancies and how their relationships impact the choices they make about life, love and family amidst the reproductive health debate in American politics. 

The characters personify the many difficult sides of the abortion, family planning and reproductive health as they experience the many causes of abortion including rape, incest, health and life preservation, poverty, teen pregnancy, and fetal complications. 

Essentially, Monday’s Child is a humanitarian film that seeks to heal the pro-choice/pro-life conflict, balance the reproductive health cause and unite audiences in America and throughout the world.

Screenplay Reading Cast:

Adele Ahronheim
Marcy Clark
Caroline de Fauw
Molly Drummond
Alex Ferrill
Stacy Honeycutt
Brad Makarowski
Damien Neita
Vallen Pilgrim
Penny Pollak
Kendall Rileigh
Michael Wolfe

Screenplay Reading Production Crew:

Producers:
Jodi Leib
Menna Olvera

Co-Producers:
Jeanette Green
Candace Hines
Meredith Meyer

Associate Producer:
John Chatterton

Technical Support:
Yanni Feder

Graphic Designer:
Shauna Cagan

Production Council:
Richard M. Rosenthal
 

Jodi Leib is writer, producer, and director of Monday’s Child.  She has written, produced and directed independent film since 1994.  Her film Woman's Solitude received a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Audience Favorite.  She has been involved in reproductive rights since 2004 when she covered the March for Women's Lives as a journalist for Talk It Out!, an online independent media outlet.  She earned her bachelor's degree from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) where she majored in Film and Video Studies and is currently finishing a master's at Lesley University (Cambridge, MA) in Drama Therapy and Psychology Theory.

The Monday’s Child advisory board includes many political activists and film industry professionals who are guiding the project and providing years of experience in their areas of expertise including drama, finance, media, public relations, and politics.