Presented in conjunction with the exhibition From Suffrage to #MeToo: Groundbreaking Women in Sonoma County, we are pleased to feature two inspiring short films:
Women’s March: On January 21, 2017, hundreds of thousands of women marched on Washington, DC. That same day, hundreds of sister marches took place across the country and around the world, growing into the largest one-day protest in American history.
From marches in Boston, San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa, and Washington D.C., the film explores several individual women’s stories and their motivations to march. For some people, it was their first time marching. For others, it was the continuation of a decades-long fight for human rights, dignity, and justice. For all, it was an opportunity to make their voices heard.
TrimTab Media is a team of creative filmmakers who produce independent documentaries about social and environmental issues that inspire audience to take action.
For more information: http://womensmarchfilm.com/story/
Suppress: The Fight to Vote: This documentary by Robert Greenwald (Director of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, & the NRA), weaves together personal stories from voters across the state of Georgia to paint an undeniable picture of voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought to become the first Black female governor in the U.S. The issues Georgians faced included polling place closures, voter purges, missing absentee ballots, extreme wait times and a host of voter ID issues – all of which disproportionately prevented many students and people of color from casting their ballots. Suppressed: The Fight to Vote features experts, poll watchers and everyday Georgians speaking to the reality of voter suppression and the threat it poses in 2020. In a race that was ultimately decided by 54,723 votes, the film exposes that the basic constitutional right to vote continues to be under siege in America.
For more information: https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed
Doors open at 6:30pm; Film starts at 7:00pm.
Admission is free; pre-registration not required
Refreshments will be available for purchase
This program was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit https://calhum.org/.
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