Through the stories of today's women, this film tells how their mothers and grandmothers, forgotten during the Great War of 14/18, lifted the country up, took part in its reconstruction and, above all, paved the way for universal suffrage and their right to work and education as equals. In just a few months, the country's economic and social situation improved. The Roaring Twenties began. A new generation of women won more freedom. Well over a hundred years on, "Mémoire de nos mères" resonates as a struggle to be continued.
Keywords
- Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
- Portraits of empowered women
- Women's Rights
- war
Director
- Tristan Bourlard
Documentary
1h 1min
FRENCH
FRENCH
Through the stories of today's women, this film tells how their mothers and grandmothers, forgotten during the Great War of 14/18, lifted the country up, took part in its reconstruction and, above all, paved the way for universal suffrage and their right to work and education as equals. In just a few months, the country's economic and social situation improved. The Roaring Twenties began. A new generation of women won more freedom. Well over a hundred years on, "Mémoire de nos mères" resonates as a struggle to be continued.
Through the stories of today's women, this film tells how their mothers and grandmothers, forgotten during the Great War of 14/18, lifted the country up, took part in its reconstruction and, above all, paved the way for universal suffrage and their right to work and education as equals. In just a few months, the country's economic and social situation improved. The Roaring Twenties began. A new generation of women won more freedom. Well over a hundred years on, "Mémoire de nos mères" resonates as a struggle to be continued.
Cast & Crew
Director
Tristan Bourlard