Directed by Asha Dahya
Short Documentary | 20 min | English | USA
Sunday, September 28th, 2025 | 4:00PM Screening
Neighborhood House at Christ Church
20 N. American Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Today in America, approximately 1 in 4 women will have an abortion before the age of 45. Trans men and nonbinary people have abortions too, though their experiences are rarely reflected in statistics.
Director’s Bio
Asha Dahya
Director
Meet Asha Dahya – Emmy-nominated Producer, writer, TEDx speaker and storyteller. Asha was born in the UK, raised in Australia, and now resides in Los Angeles, California. She has spent the last 18 years creating, producing and hosting projects for networks and organizations such as MTV, MSN.com, Disney, ABC, Nickelodeon, Fox, the ACLU, Supermajority, Snapchat, Nine Network Australia and more.
In 2024, Asha was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work producing the short film MY NAME IS SIRI, featuring the story of an immigrant Indian family helping their daughter with non-verbal autism find independence and support in order to thrive.
Asha is the director and producer of an award-winning short documentary about later abortion called SOMEONE YOU KNOW,, which premiered at the Athena Film Festival in 2024. Asha is the creator, Executive Producer and co-host of an audio and video series about Latin America’s Green Wave abortion rights movement called GREEN TIDE RISING. Asha is the Board Chair of the national non-profit Religious Community for Reproductive Choice (RCRC.org) and has been involved with the organization since 2021.
Asha is also the founder of a daily feminist blog site called GirlTalkHQ.com, and the author of ‘Today’s Wonder Women: Everyday Superheroes Who Are Changing The World’, featuring inspirational stories of 50 women and girls.
You can see more of her work at http://www.ashadahya.com and follow her on Instagram @ashadahya.
“If you obey all the rules,
you miss all the fun.”
Katherine Hepburn
Actor
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