Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels
DVD cover
Directed byKatja von Garnier
Written by
  • Sally Robinson
  • Eugenia Bostwick-Singer
  • Raymond Singer
  • Jennifer Friedes
Produced by
  • James Bigwood
  • Laura McCorkindale
  • Denise Pinckley
Starring
CinematographyRobbie Greenberg
Edited byHans Funck
Music by
Production
companies
  • HBO Films
  • Blue Dominion Productions
  • Bluebird House
  • Spring Creek Productions
Distributed byHBO Films
Release dates
  • January 16, 2004 (2004-01-16) (Sundance)
  • February 15, 2004 (2004-02-15) (United States)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish, Ukrainian

Iron Jawed Angels is a 2004 American historical drama film directed by Katja von Garnier. The film stars Hilary Swank as suffragist leader Alice Paul, Frances O'Connor as activist Lucy Burns, Julia Ormond as Inez Milholland, and Anjelica Huston as Carrie Chapman Catt. It received critical acclaim after the film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.[1]

The film focuses on the American women's suffrage movement during the 1910s and follows women's suffrage leaders Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as they use peaceful and effective nonviolent strategies, tactics, and dialogues to revolutionize the American feminist movement to grant women the right to vote. The film was released in the United States on February 15, 2004.

  1. ^ "Interview with Paul Fischer at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004". Film Monthly. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2006-09-04.