The League of Women Voters of West Contra Costa County presents:

IRON JAWED ANGELS

The film depicts the struggle of women for the right to vote, specifically about the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement in the 1910s. An exciting film about an historical turning point in civil rights. For more information on the film, click here.

The film won the Golden Globe Award, an Emmy (nominated for 5) and was a Premier Selection a the Sundance Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation.

Free reception, with songs of the period, after the film at the Shutter Cafe, next door to the theater.

March 19, 10:30 AM at the Cerrito Theater, 10070 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. For reservations, call (510)526-6827 or (510)524-9464, before March 15.

Co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women and the El Cerrito Human Relations Commission

Source: http://lwvwccc.org/

This film illustrates the vital importance of public transportation in urban areas by exploring one bus line and the people whose lives are shaped by the bus schedule and the elements. Upon arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area from Costa Rica, and having failed to master the quintessential American skill of driving a car, the filmmaker manages as she always has: on the bus. Tango 73: A Bus Rider’s Diary reveals an underfinanced system, stricken by recent service cuts, and the people who depend on it. Traveling on board bus line 73 along the east shore of the San Francisco Bay, a feisty nanny, a wheelchair-dependent activist, a Mexican grandmother and a politically incorrect bus driver speak of their love-hate relationship with the bus. With wry humor, this first-person documentary uncovers the social rituals and secret codes of a world hidden in plain view.

Plus transit shorts from StreetFilms ( www.streetfilms.org ) and AC Transit

Part of the Eco Series, it’s sponsored by the City of Cerrito and the League of Women Voters of West Contra Costa County.

Speakers include:

• Gabriela Quiros, the filmmaker
• Janet Abelson, El Cerrito City Council (featured in film)
• Carl Anthony, Breakthrough Communities
• Anthony Rodgers, AC Transit Bus Driver Extraordinary!

Register at https://tango73.eventbrite.com/

Due to circumstances beyond our control, “Dial M for Murder” will not be shown on March 10, 12, and 13.  This excellent movie will be rescheduled and shown as soon as possible.  Please watch for announcements.