Abstract. Fictional characters in the film are Ben Weissman; his child; Emily Leighton; and Senator Tom Leighton. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. Sacrificing their health, marriages and the limited amount of freedom they had, women were imprisoned and force fed after picketing and hunger-striking against war-time president, Woodrow Wilson; but survived to see the results of their efforts. Iron Jawed Angels Blessed with a flawless physical production, von Garnier distorts her epic tale with music that belongs on a Lilith Fair tour; it sometimes feels as though she and her writers conceived the fight for women's suffrage as a 1912 version of Sex and the City. (TV Movie 2004). The film was released in the United States on February 15, 2004. "[10], Historians have been critical about the movie for several reasons. Doris Intro. Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote. Only when the anachronisms finally subside in the film's final third is the moving core is allowed to shine. The stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921. Iron Jawed Angels Iron Jawed Angels is a film which portrays the women's suffrage movement during the 1920's. The main character in this movie is Alice Paul, the leader of the group in based in Washington DC. This film reminds us never to take those rights for granted. More Buying Choices $1.50 (48 used & new offers) VHS Tape $29.75 $ 29. Watch, the latest trailer, review and preview high quality at:http://clickerz.info/videos Iron Jawed Angels is a powerful and moving tribute to the suffragettes who were instrumental in getting women the right to vote. The arrested women are sent to the Occoquan Workhouse for 60-day terms. 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This is not your grandmother's civil rights history; it is contemporary, relevant and occasionally funny. The movie stars Hilary Swank as suffragist chief Alice Paul, Frances O’Connor as activist Lucy Burns, Julia Ormond as Inez Milholland, and Anjelica Huston as Carrie Chapman Catt. Alongside her companion, Lucy Burns, and other ladies, they battled for women’s rights and the approval of the 19th Amendment. It received critical acclaim after the film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Iron Jawed Angels. The story of the women's suffrage movement in America during the period 1912- 1920 moves along crisply, and the acting is of high caliber. In the film Iron Jawed Angels, a troubled love story is told between Alice Paul and Ben Weissman. Buy the Iron Jawed Angels DVD Please have a look at the books about Women's Suffrage: Latest News - 15 December 2006. Courtesy of the RCA Records Label, a unit of BMG. 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