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Local Women’s Groups Sponsor ‘Iron Jawed Angels’ Screening Thursday

Published on Monday, March 21, 2016 | 5:54 am
 

Local women’s organizations led by the YWCA Pasadena and National Women’s Political Caucus are celebrating Women’s History Month by hosting a private screening of the award-winning HBO film, “Iron Jawed Angels,” at the Women’s City Club on Thursday, March 24, 2016, at 6 p.m.

“Iron Jawed Angels,” by Katja von Garnier, focuses on the American women’s suffrage movement during the 1910s, and tells the remarkable and little-known story of a group of passionate and dynamic young women, led by Alice Paul and her friend Lucy Burns, who put their lives on the line to fight for American women’s right to vote.

The story follows Paul and Burns as they use peaceful and effective nonviolent strategies, tactics, and dialogues to revolutionize the American feminist movement.

Hillary Swank plays Paul, and Frances O’Connor plays Burns, as they head an outstanding female ensemble which includes Julia Ormond, Molly Parker, Laura Fraser, Brooke Smith and Vera Farmiga as a rebel band of young women seeking their seat at the table.

Cinematic icons as Lois Smith, Margo Martindale, and Anjelica Huston play the steely older generation of suffragettes in the film.

Utilizing a pulsing soundtrack, vivid colors, and a freewheeling camera, von Garnier’s driving filmmaking style shakes up the preconceptions of the period film and gives history a vibrant contemporary energy and relevance.

A suggested donation of $15 is encouraged. Interested parties may RSVP by emailing Jessica Kubel at jkubel@ywca-pasadena.org or visiting www.ywca.org/IJAscreening or www.kintera.org.

The Women’s City Club is at 160 N. Oakland Avenue in Pasadena.

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