Nikko P.

Dajao BSN IV-A

Sociology and Anthropology Mon-Thurs 4:30PM-6:00PM

IRON JAWED ANGELS

The Fierce. The Will. The Determination. This was my first time to watch a Hollywood film about women fighting for suffrage; first time to watch that kind of genre. I dont usually watch historical films or feature films that depict the dramatic story of achieving something like freedom for I find it boring and dragging. However, this film made a difference. At first I found it dragging. Maybe because we had a floppy projector that only displayed green or blue color thats why its hard to picture out the scene. How the story began was intriguing and the title, as well. Why does the title go with Iron Jawed Angels? Then I started to gain insight that this film was about those women, almost half of the United States of America population, fighting for their rights to vote and elect officials. They were unprivileged during that time, early 1900s. National American Womens Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was organized and established, a home for those women who want to uplift their rights. The characters of Alice Pauls and Lucy Burns played very well and made a significant impact in the movie. Their journey no matter how cruel it was, how happy and how tragic was a roller coaster, but still they still didnt give up for they know it was for their benefit and for the women in the next generations. The drama was very intense as the movie reached the climax. Their ways on their movement, their rallies, their walks, their recruits and their team made them strong in their will to fight. They were one. As the film was reaching near the end, the intense aggravated and I couldnt make a chance to miss every scene. Their victory added up the spice in the film. They did it. This movie is really suitable for students, although the setting is from the America, but their determination to fight for a right is a lesson worth remembering. I hope that there will also be a movie that features Filipino women fighting for their rights during the early times. They had no vote, no political clout, no equal rights. But what they lacked under the law, they made up for with brains, determination and courage.