Tia Lessin

director of “The Janes”

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Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and co-director of the new documentary Citizen Koch

Tia Lessin on KCRW

HBO’s new documentary, “The Janes,” details an underground collective of women who provided safe abortions in Chicago before Roe v. Wade.

The Janes: Covert collective of women risked it all for safe abortions

HBO’s new documentary, “The Janes,” details an underground collective of women who provided safe abortions in Chicago before Roe v. Wade.

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Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmakers of Trouble The Water, were thrilled when they were promised money and a public broadcast audience from ITVS for their…

'Citizen Koch'

Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmakers of Trouble The Water, were thrilled when they were promised money and a public broadcast audience from ITVS for their…

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Citizen Koch filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal on why their deal with public television fell apart; Jenny Radelet tells a tale of a film that found a marketing partnership through…

Funding 'Citizen Koch'; Creative Indie Film Marketing

Citizen Koch filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal on why their deal with public television fell apart; Jenny Radelet tells a tale of a film that found a marketing partnership through…

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