Keyword: women's suffrage

Up the Women

7.1

2013

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A group of Suffragists band together to spread the word--but they need to learn their own lessons first.

The Ballad of Josie

5.8

1967

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A widow stirs things up in a western town by raising sheep instead of cattle, and organizing the local women to demonstrate for womens suffrage.

Suffragettes, with Lucy Worsley

8.4

2018

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An overview of the events of the Suffragette Movement for Votes For Women. It follows the individual women who were part of the movement and uses dramatised testimony to tell their stories at key points of their dangerous campaign.

Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons

6.3

1974

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Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman in myth. It asks, among other questions, is the Amazonian woman a rare strong female image or is she a figure derived from male phantasy? The film explores the complexities of such questions, but does not seek any concrete answers.

The Vanishing Virginian

6.8

1942

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Biography of Robert Yancey, long-term district attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia.

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

7.8

2014

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A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern womens movement from 1966 to 1971.