What 80 Million Women Want

A solemn, dialogue-free historical melodrama that feels like a museum piece, earnest and slow, with the weight of real political struggle.

Directed by

Will Louis

Genres

Crime, Drama, Romance

Starring

Emmeline Pankhurst, Ethel Jewett, Douglass Dumbrille

Overview

The women's suffrage movement inspired this silent film classic that includes appearances by equal rights crusaders Emmeline Pankhurst and Harriet Stanton Blatch. As politicos work to deny women the right to vote, a young lawyer tells his activist girlfriend of the corruption within the government that actively seeks to ensure that her voice is never heard.

How it feels

Earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Justice, corruption, politics, gender

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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