A Single Woman (2008)

A Single Woman is a distinct lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin the first American woman elected to Congress also a suffragist peace activist and reformer that takes us from her childhood in 1880s Montana to her last television interview in 1972 Deliciously political occasionally chilling ironic and idiosyncratic A Single Woman illuminates the role of the individual in the American legislative process with a whimsical amalgamation of storytelling highpowered discourse and communion The program is a filmed version of the successful stage play