We Are Half The World
3.8/ 10 4 votes 2018-11-13 1 popularity
They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they would not be deterred. For decades ten thousands of women in Germany, Great Britain, in France, the U.S. and many other countries fought for their right to vote. Some used the institutions, others turned into media savvy politicians, and still others turned to terrorism, went on hunger strike, or died as martyrs. 100 years later we tell a multi-perspective and emotional story of the international fight, against all odds, for women’s suffrage as an important step towards equal rights.
Director: Annette Baumeister
Jeanette Hain
Marguerite Durand
Angelina Häntsch
Josefine
Johanna Gastdorf
Anita Augsburg
Esther Schweins
Emmeline Pankhurst
Anke Retzlaff
Christabel Pankhurst
Harald Schrott
George Clemenceau
Karl Knaup
Premierminister Asquith
Paula Hans
Marie Juchacz
