How Long Must We Wait

THURSDAY | 7pm

Jaclyn O’Laughlin

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Sponsored by Network for Social Justice

58 min | 2021 | USA | Theater Premiere 

A historical documentary about the 72-year battle that women fought to achieve the right to vote in the United States, HOW LONG MUST WE WAIT focuses on the events in 1917 that led to the imprisonment and brutal treatment of suffragists in a prison in Lorton, Virginia. This was considered a turning point in the suffrage campaign, which helped turn public tide and ultimately led to the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. While that was a huge victory, the film also focuses on the fact that there is still much work left to be done in the fight for women's equal rights.

Panel Discussion: Filmmaker Jaclyn O’Laughlin; Executive Director MA League of Women Voters, Patricia Comfort; President/CEO/Founding Member of MA Women of Color Coalition Inc., Celia Johnston Blue; and Sheila Ramirez, Director of Health Policy and Government Relations for Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.