And Then We Marched
Short Films • 3m 40s
Directed by Lynne Sachs • Documentary • 2017 • 4 minutes
Filmmaker Lynne Sachs shoots Super 8mm film of the first Women’s March in 2017 in Washington, D.C. and intercuts this recent footage with archival material of early 20th Century Suffragists marching for the right to vote, 1960s antiwar activists and 1970s advocates for the Equal Rights Amendment. With commentary by Sophie D. and editing by Amanda Katz.
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