POWERFUL MOVING TIMELY TRUE
Changing the course of American history:
How two tenacious, smart young women accomplished what the old guard had attempted for decades without success.
"They had no vote, no political clout, no equal rights. But what they lacked under the law, they made up for with brains, determination and courage."
Cincinnati World Cinema, the League of Women Voters and Women in Film Cincinnati are proud to present IRON JAWED ANGELS, a powerful film about endurance, ethics, love of justice, friendship and teamwork, based on the true story of the struggle to guarantee the right to vote for American women.
There are two screenings on Saturday, September 24, at 3:00 and 7:00 pm, on the historic
Showboat Majestic.
Admission to IRON JAWED ANGELS is $5.00, one-half the normal ticket price, and tickets are available
online or by calling 859 957 3456. To help offset the cost of this event, donations will be cheerfully accepted!
Each session includes audience discussions led by prominent Cincinnati women, involved in education, media, government and women's issues. Their depth of knowledge and local background will enhance the experience of watching IRON JAWED ANGELS. In addition, event hosts will share conversation and information before and after the screenings. Film details, discussion leader and sponsor info are shared below. Plan now to join us for the film and discussion!
Parking is available on the Public Landing right next to the Showboat and also in the surrounding area. More Info:
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TAKE THE CINCINNATI STREETCAR down to the Second Street stop (the Banks).
Southbank Shuttle - Park & Ride Take the shuttle from Covington or Newport to the U.S. Bank Arena stop. Daytime and evening service; fares are $1.00 ($0.75 seniors); (859) 331-8265.
ABOUT THE FILM
"This is inspiring for women of all ages ...
I was really moved by the drive and courage of these women."
~ Hilary Swank
Cincinnati World Cinema :: IJA Cast
IRON JAWED ANGELS preimiered to standing ovations at the Sundance Film Festival. Director Katja von Garnier brings history to vivid life with a heightened sense of drama, ample dialogue and strong character development, courtesy of a wise and witty screenplay by Jennifer Friedes.
Contemporary music, a stellar cast and great production values provide people of all ages with present-tense, modern day immersion in the events that shaped our history.
Performances are first-rate, with a charismatic Hilary Swank, feisty Jennifer O'Connor and tightly-wrapped Anjelica Huston, plus a talented international ensemble including Julia Ormond, Vera Farmiga, Laura Fraser, Brooke Smith, Adilah Barnes, Molly Parker, Carrie Snodgrass and Bob Gunton.
IRON JAWED ANGELS features terrific production design, costumes and modern cinematography including the use of hand-held cameras plus fast and slow motion editing. Equally impressive is the music — contemporary pop/rock — from Lauryn Hill, Sarah McLachlan, Jasmin Tabatabai & Tico Zamora, St. Germain, Mandalay, et. al., which connects a younger generation to the suffragists' fight for equal rights. With remarkably little variance from the facts, the cast portrays actual historical figures with only a few fictional minor characters inserted to aid in plot advancement.
Produced by HBO's highly regarded Film Division and filmed in wide-screen format, IRON JAWED ANGELS was not released in theatres, screening only on the HBO cable/satellite network. Nominated for five Emmy's and numerous other awards, it won both a Golden Globe and Golden Satellite for Anjelica Huston as Best Supporting Actress, a Pen Center Literary Award for writing and a Screen Actors Guild award for Hilary Swank for Outstanding Performance by a female actor.
Cast Filmography & Links
Hilary Swank (USA) as Alice Paul
Two-time Oscar winner - Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby; Conviction; Amelia; Freedom Writers; The Black Dahlia; Red Dust; Insomnia; Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Frances O'Connor (Australia) as Lucy Burns
The Hunter; A.I: Artificial Intelligence; Windtalkers; Bedazzled; Mansfield Park; Darwin's Darkest Hour; Blessed; The Book of Love; Love and Other Catastrophes; Timeline.
Julia Ormond (UK) as Inez Milholland
My Week with Marilyn; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Che; Inland Empire; Smilla's Sense of Snow; Legends of the Fall; Mad Men.
Anjelica Huston (USA) as Carrie Chapman Catt
Oscar Winner - Prizzi's Honor; Oscar Nominee - The Grifters and Enemies, A Love Story; When in Rome; This Is Spinal Tap; Gardens of Stone; The Dead; Crimes and Misdemeanors; The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou; Buffalo 66; The Darjeeling Limited; The Addams Family; Addams Family Values; The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Vera Farmiga (USA/Ukraine) as Ruza Wenclawska
Oscar Nominee - Up in the Air; The Departed; Down to the Bone; Dust; 15 Minutes; Source Code; The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; Nothing But the Truth.
Molly Parker (Canada) as Emily Leighton (fictional character)
Deadwood; The Center of the World; Kissed; Last Wedding; Hemingway & Gellhorn; Dexter; Waking the Dead; The Good Shepherd; The Firm.
Laura Fraser (Scotland) as Doris Stevens
Breaking Bad; Vanilla Sky; Nina's Heavenly Delights; The Boys are Back; Reichenbach Falls; 16 Years of Alcohol
Adilah Barnes (USA) as Ida Wells-Barnett
Erin Brockovich; Basic Instinct; Bulworth; Murder by the Numbers; Harry's Law; Prime Suspect
Lois Smith (USA) as Rev. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
East of Eden; Five Easy Pieces; Fried Green Tomatoes; Fatal Attraction; Dead Man Walking; Minority Report; Hollywood Land.
Brooke Smith (USA) as Mabel Vernon
The Silence of the Lambs; Melinda and Melinda; Random Hearts; Bad Company, Last Summer in the Hamptons; In Her Shoes; Grey's Anatomy; Crossing Jordan; Six Feet Under.
Patrick Dempsey (USA) as Ben Weissman (fictional character)
Made of Honor; Freedom Writers; Sweet Home Alabama; Grey's Anatomy.
Margo Martindale (USA) as Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
Beautiful Creatures; Secretariat; Orphan; Feast of Love; Paris, je t'aime; The Hours; 28 Days; Proof of Life; Million Dollar Baby; The Human Stain; Ghosts of Mississippi; Dead Man Walking; The Firm; Practical Magic; Lorenzo's Oil; The Rocketeer; Days of Thunder.
Bob Gunton (USA) as President Woodrow Wilson
Rendition; Born on the Fourth of July; JFK; The Shawshank Redemption; Dolores Claiborne; Broken Arrow; The Glimmer Man; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; Patch Adams.
Carrie Snodgrass (USA) as Mrs. Paul
Diary of a Mad Housewife; Easy Rider; Rabbit Run; A Night in Heaven; The West Wing.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
A country divided. Hesitation to confront a wartime president. Mistreatment of prisoners. Sounds like modern times, but this was America 100 years ago!
Way back in 1848 the women's suffrage movement held a national convention in upstate New York, and starting in 1869, women from suffrage groups came to Washington D.C. each and every year, petitioning the federal government for the right to vote. For the next 43 years, through 1912, the members of Congress displayed little regard for the millions of signatures on the petitions - never once debating a single petition in the House of Representatives.
The film frames three pivotal points in American history, spanning 1912 -1920 —
1912-1913 – New ideas versus the Old Guard. In 1912, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns brought new energy, ideas and tactics to a national women's suffrage movement that had accomplished little on a national level over the preceding 60 years. Alice Paul conceived and funded a national suffragist parade to be held in Washington at the same time as Woodrow Wilson's inauguration in March of 1913 - the goal was to capture the interest and support of the public and the press. The stalwart leaders in the suffrage movement, Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Howard Show, resisted. The creative and independent newcomers, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Inez Milholland, Ruza Wenclawska, Doris Stevens and Mabel Vernon, persisted and moved to reenergize and refocus the movement, ultimately founding their own group, the National Women's Party.
1914-1919 – Confrontation. Later, their strategy included picketing the White House, viable during peace time, but much riskier when America entered World War I in 1917. Pickets were assaulted, arrested on trumped-up charges and denied legal counsel; 170 were imprisoned and abused over 1917-1919. Their hunger strike in prison resulted in more brutality and force-feedings — raw eggs stuffed down the throats of women in strait jackets strapped to tables.
1919-1920 – Ratification. News of the imprisonment and brutality turned public outrage and opinion in favor of the suffragists. For reasons of political expediency as much as justice, President Wilson changed his position to support a constitutional amendment for suffrage in a speech to Congress, which soon after voted the amendment into law. By 1920, 35 states had ratified the amendment, but one more state was needed. Tennessee became that state in August when an anti-suffrage legislator cast the deciding "yes" vote after receiving a telegram from his mother telling him to support suffrage.
Notes
on Race, Suffrage, Parallel Cultures, African American Leaders
HOW THEY DID IT
Founded and led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns in 1916, the National Woman's Party had only 50,000 members, roughly 3% of its parent organization, the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Yet, in a relatively short period of time, by using an array of creative methods including parades, public demonstrations, civil disobedience, picketing, hunger strikes, and public education, the NWP successfully pressured the President, Congress and state legislatures into supporting passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing the nationwide right to vote for women.
NWP strategy and tactics produced an effective blueprint for future civil rights and social issues efforts. Learn more in this article prepared by the American Memory unit of the Library of Congress.
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Less than 100 years ago, women in America did not have the right to vote in national elections. Today, the story of the lengthy struggle to amend the U.S. Constitution is often little more than a footnote in our history books. With voter suppression on the rise in America, people of all ages and all walks of life should know about the sacrifice and effort expended in obtaining a right that so many take for granted today.
Visit our Educator Resources page for links and downloads including relevant history, biographies, timelines, videos, teaching guides, class projects, etc.
EVENT HOSTS, DISCUSSION LEADERS & SPECIAL THANKS
An all-volunteer organization now in its fifteenth year, CINCINNATI WORLD CINEMA showcases outstanding motion pictures not normally shown in the metro area, with focus on those that explore the human condition and celebrate cultural diversity.
Presenting international, independent, documentary and short films that inform and entertain, CWC events typically include discussions with filmmakers or local experts to enhance audience experience.
(859) 957 FILM, CincyWorldCinema.org.
The LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, a nonpartisan non-profit educational organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
After the passage of the 19th Amendment, the Cincinnati Area branch began operation in October, 1920, with the goal of assisting women in exercising their newly won voting rights and responsiblities. (513) 281 8683, LWVcincinnati.org.
WOMEN IN FILM CINCINNATI is a newly-formed non-profit created to bring together and celebrate the growing number of metro-area women involved in film, television and digital media. WIF's focus includes professional development, educational and social events, project and job networking.
wifcincinnati.org
DISCUSSION LEADERS
Saturday, 3 pm ...
LAURE QUINLIVAN is a Producer/Director with 2 international Peabody Awards and 18 Emmys. Her documentary, Visions of Vine Street sparked change leading to revitalization of Cincinnati's historic Over the Rhine. She served 4 years as a Cincinnati Council Member and is now President of LQ Consulting. She's currently producing/ directing a PBS documentary, America's First Net Zero Energy Police Station and is a founding board member of Women In Film Cincinnati. Learn more about Laure
MELISSA CURRENCE is the interactive media manager at The Greater Cincinnati Foundation. She joined the League of Women Voters in 1997 and has served as Cincinnati Area president, chair of the voter service, nominating and action committees. She currently serves as the vice president of development for the Cincinnati Area LWV and is a League of Women Voters' Ruth S. Shur Fellow.
Melissa helped found Act One, a local initiative encouraging those who are 18-35 to join the League and she served on the LWV Ohio board and on the national LWVUS Young People Task Force as co-chair. With a BA in political science from Xavier University, and her MA in communication from The Ohio State University, she also serves on the board of the Cincinnatus Association.
Saturday, 7 pm ...
MELISSA GODOY is an independent filmmaker. She was Producer/Director for Do Not Go Gently (APT), camera operator for Election Day (POV/PBS) by Katy Chevigny, Trees in Trouble (PBS) by Andrea Torrice, and line producer for A Lion in the House (Independent Lens/PBS) and The Last Truck (HBO) by Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert. She's working on two documentaries, Rebirth of Over-the-Rhine and Will I Be Next? is a teacher at Cincinnati State, and a founding board member of Women In Film Cincinnati. Learn more about Melissa
DESIRAE FUTEL serves on the boards of the League of Women Voters and the Woman's City Club, both in Cincinnati, focusing on community outreach, civil rights and social action. She graduated from SCPA in Cincinnati and later from Loyola University, cum laude, in Chicago.
Desirae has packed diverse and interesting experience into her life, ranging from costume design to financial services to cosmetology to social activism. Raising a four-year-old daughter, she finds time to pursue her personal mission: to serve, educate and empower others.
SPECIAL THANKS
Collaborating with Cincinnati World Cinema to preserve the Showboat Majestic, a National Historic Landmark, CINCINNATI PARKS operates roughly 100 parks, including five nature centers, an arboretum, one of the largest public plant conservatories in the country and the Midwest's largest public art collection.
In addition to overseeing the preservation and use of 5,000 acres, Cincinnati Parks maintains parkways and neighborhood gateways as well as the Street Tree program on 1,000 miles of city streets. These are amazing resources for area residents — visit a Cincinnati park today!
(513) 357-2604, cincinnatiparks.com
HBO FILMS, a division of the HBO network, began producing narrative and documentary films in 1983. With exceptional stories, casts and production values, their groundbreaking creations are consistently top-quality.
HBO productions have garnered hundreds of Emmy and Golden Globe awards. Without the constraints faced by commercial film studios, HBO films feature diversity, address social issues and offer opportunities to both emerging and seasoned directors, techs and actors.
The HBO FILMS division has produced roughly 300 films since its founding, including these commendable works: Temple Grandin, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Maria Full of Grace, Cinema Verite, Grey Gardens, Iron Jawed Angels, Elephant, Real Women Have Curves, A Lesson Before Dying, Amistad, The Tuskegee Airmen, Barbarians at the Gate, And the Band Played On, Stalin, and Citizen Cohn.
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Cincinnati World Cinema, the League of Women Voters and Women in Film Cincinnati are proud to present IRON JAWED ANGELS, a powerful film about endurance, ethics, love of justice, friendship and teamwork, based on the true story of the struggle to guarantee the right to vote for American women.
