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Women's suffrage, the legal right of women to vote, has been depicted in film in a variety of ways since the invention of narrative film in the late nineteenth century. Some early films satirized and mocked suffragists and Suffragettes as "unwomanly" "man-haters," [ 1 ] or sensationalized documentary footage.
Suffragette is a 2015 British historical drama film about women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, directed by Sarah Gavron and written by Abi Morgan. The film stars Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, and Meryl Streep. [4] Filming began on 24 February 2014.
The film focuses on the American women's suffrage movement during the 1910s and follows women's suffrage leaders Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as they use peaceful and effective nonviolent strategies, tactics, and dialogues to revolutionize the American feminist movement to grant women the right to vote. The film was released in the United States ...
Your Girl and Mine is a 1914 film promoting woman's suffrage. It was sponsored by Ruth Hanna McCormick as well as the National American Woman Suffrage Association NAWSA. It was produced by William Selig and directed by Giles R. Warren. [1] Gilson Willets wrote the script. [2] Motography covered the film. [3] The movie was shot in Chicago ...
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony is a 1999 documentary by Ken Burns [1] produced for National Public Radio and WETA. [2] The documentary explores the movement for women's suffrage in the United States in the 19th century, focusing on leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 59 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 6.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The likable cast carries The Divine Order, a crowd-pleasing film that delivers a rousing – if surface level – account of the Swiss women's suffrage movement."
Votes for Women is a 1912 American silent melodrama film directed by Hal Reid. [1] It was produced by Reliance Film Company in partnership with the National American Woman Suffrage Association and was written by suffragists Mary Ware Dennett, Harriet Laidlaw, and Frances Maule Bjorkman.
Lioness is an upcoming historical drama film written and directed by Kajri Babbar. The film centres on two British-Punjabi women living in England a century apart. One of the stories is based on the life of Sophia Duleep Singh, the Princess of Punjab and one of the key leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom, who is portrayed by Paige Sandhu.