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Silent Sentinel

Genre: DramaGenreLocal Film/Local FilmmakerPremiere StatusSpecial InterestWorld Premiere2017
Director: Joe Dzikiewicz
Length: 11 minutes  |  Country of Origin:US
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The true story of the night in 1917 when women’s suffrage activist Doris Stevens snuck through a graveyard to hold a secret meeting with leader Alice Paul who was being held in jail for asking that women be given the right to vote. The film is based on a script which was a finalist for the 2016 DC Shorts Screenplay Competition.

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