Los Angeles, Calif., Dec 23, 2018 / 16:51 pm
The story of a donor-conceived woman. The Sexual Revolution of the 1960s. The development of birth control. And a papal document that shocked the world. These themes come together in a new documentary, Sexual Revolution--50 Years Since Humanae Vitae.
The film's director, Daniel diSilva, told CNA that the documentary focuses on three main messages: addressing the broken ideals of "free love" that were promised in the Sexual Revolution; examining the consequences of the "free love" movement in light of Humanae Vitae; and outlining the historical development of the birth control pill and Natural Family Planning.
Humanae Vitae, the 1968 encyclical by Pope Paul VI, affirms the Church's teaching against contraception. It talks about the dignity of human life and sexuality, and outlines the use of Natural Family Planning as a morally valid method of planning and spacing children.
The Sexual Revolution, said diSilva, introduced a new concept of love "with no strings attached, no babies, no consequences." But it "went off track…and it has broken every promise that it made to our culture."