While two and a half hours may sound like a long time for a docu on one of America's most endlessly rehashed issues, the end credits may roll in "Lake of Fire" before viewers tire of it. The film was shot over at least a dozen years, stretching back to 1993 demonstrations marking the 20th anniversary of Roe V. Wade. Director-cinematographer Tony Kaye makes a choice in handling video footage from various points in the medium's development -- he presents all of it in black-and-white -- that not only smartly lends it some uniformity but increases its visual appeal and fits the subject's gravitas.

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