The Choice is an interactive virtual reality series where women tell their stories about choosing to have an abortion. The Choice uses minimalist animation and life-like volumetric video to explore the complex realities of reproductive rights, fostering empathy and challenging stigma as these women share the complex emotions, inner dialogues, and events that led to their decision.
The Choice premiered with its first chapter at IDFA 2021 and has since received critical acclaim worldwide. Winning the Audience Award at SXSW 2022 and Best XR Experience for Impact at Games for Change 2022 Nominated for a Canadian Screen Award, among numerous other accolades. The series invites viewers to engage deeply with personal stories, offering a profound understanding of the complexities surrounding reproductive rights and the importance of personal agency.
In the first chapter we meet Kristen, a young woman from Austin, who dreams of raising a family but instead faces a dehumanizing system working against her survival. In chapter 2, married couple Leigh and Dan reflect on being over 40 with an unplanned pregnancy. In chapter 3 we hear from Makayla, a young woman from San Antonio who underwent two abortions and grappled with social challenges.
February 24, 2022
The story is so important and compelling, the approach to telling it so powerful and beautifully done. One of the most moving VR experiences I've tried - it'll be top of my roster for showing people how VR can connect people and widen perspective.
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April 28, 2022
The stereoscopic medium evokes empathy in away video never could. Combined with this young woman's personal account of her story, it puts you in the shoes of the people who are the victims of extreme state laws, such as the right to lie to patients and the tragic effects they have on their lives. People need to see this.
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December 16, 2021
This is an incredibly powerful and important experience. If you think you know something about reproductive rights -- trust me, you won't until you watch this one and talk to Kristen. This experience is a conversation with a woman (Kristen) who shares her late-term abortion story, but it is also so much more! It really felt that I talked with her, and she shared the most personal and poignant story with me. The way the experience is designed makes it so intense! The interactivity, the delicate yet telling illustrations that add meanings and layers, and allow you to look around, even live-thru what she experienced. Wow! It is not an easy testimony to witness, to hear. But it needs to be heard; it needs to be amplified. Highly recommending. Also: I am almost 40 guy. I watched it, and I think every man should watch it. It's not "a women's issue", and this experience made me realize how important it is for everyone. Thank you for creating an experience so powerful, strong, and visually fascinating. Must see!
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May 10, 2022
What a powerful story, elegantly executed! Really strikes a balance between the creative and technical components.The Quill illustrations are quite effective and the treatment of the volumetric capture is the best I can recall seeing in a documentary context. The piece is important now, more than ever and I believe it can inspire positive change.
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December 15, 2021
What an incredible story
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