After Tiller is a 2013 documentary film directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson that follows the only four remaining doctors in the United States who openly perform abortions in the third trimester of pregnancy.
[5] At Sundance, Alissa Simon of Variety gave the film a positive review, calling it "A rare feat… a calm, humanist documentary about a hot-button topic.
"[14] Nick Dawson of Filmmaker magazine called the film "The most compelling and important documentary of the year...a profoundly moving and genuinely inspiring piece of cinema.
"[16] Dorothy J. Samuels of The New York Times Editorial Page wrote on their blog that the film "takes a complicated subject beyond the familiar muck of abstract and often ill-informed talking points to deliver a frank portrayal of the real life situations of the physicians and their desperate patients.
"[18] Keith Uhlich of Time Out viewed the film less favorably, saying that the prospective patient interviews were "unfortunately weakened by the filmmakers’ saccharine touch whenever they explore the doctors’ personal lives" and added, "As After Tiller’s more aesthetically unadorned sections show, Shane and Wilson needn’t have pushed so hard to sell their thesis that this is necessary work.