"Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony" (1999) TV mini-series

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Ken Burns

Writer:

Geoffrey C. Ward (writer)

Release Date:

7 November 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | History

Plot Keywords:

Vote | Equality | TV Mini-Series | Voting | Suffragette

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win

Cast

Sally Kellerman	...	Narrator (voice)
Ronnie Gilbert	...	Elizabeth Cady Stanton (voice)
Julie Harris	...	Susan B. Anthony (voice)
Amy Madigan	...	(voice)
Keith David	...	Frederick Douglass (voice)
Wendy Conquest	...	(voice)
Ann Duquesnay	...	(voice)
George Plimpton	...	(voice)
Adam Arkin	...	(voice)
Tim Clark	...	(voice)
Kevin Conway	...	(voice)
Ann Dowd	...	(voice)
Charles Durning	...	(voice)
Carolyn McCormick
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lorie Barnum	...	Herself (executive director, Susan B. Anthony House)
Kathleen Barry	...	Herself (biographer)
Ellen Carol Dubois	...	Herself (historian)
Ruth Dyk	...	Herself (voter, 1920)
Ann Gordon	...	Herself (historian)
Vivian Gornick	...	Herself (writer)
Elisabeth Griffith	...	Herself (biographer)
Ethel Hall	...	Herself (voter, 1920)
Lynn Sherr	...	Herself (biographer)
Sally Roesch Wagner	...	Herself (historian)
Judith Wellman	...	Herself (historian)

Directed by
Ken Burns

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Geoffrey C. Ward		writer

Produced by
Paul Barnes	....	producer
Pam Tubridy Baucom	....	associate producer
Ken Burns	....	producer
Susanna Steisel	....	coordinating producer

Cinematography by
Ken Burns
Allen Moore
Buddy Squires

Film Editing by
Sarah Hill

Sound Department
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mariusz Glabinski	....	assistant sound editor
Marlena Grzaslewicz	....	dialogue editor
Ira Spiegel	....	supervising sound editor
Dominick Tavella	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Liz Dory	....	assistant camera (as Elizabeth Dory)

Editorial Department
George Bunce	....	on-line editor
Tim Clark	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Jennifer L. Dunnington	....	music editor

Other crew
John E. Allen	....	stock footage
Kathleen Barry	....	program consultant
Ellen Carol Dubois	....	program consultant
Julie Dunfey	....	program consultant
Ann Gordon	....	program consultant
Elisabeth Griffith	....	program consultant
Lynn Sherr	....	program consultant
David Waingarten	....	assistant to producers
Geoffrey C. Ward	....	senior creative consultant

Thanks
Lorie Barnum	....	extra special thanks
Carolyn Zogg	....	extra special thanks

Production Companies

• Florentine Films
• WETA

Distributors

• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1999) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Runtime:

USA:210 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Walpole, New Hampshire, USA

Company:

Florentine Films

The difference made by moral courage

This mini-series is a bit challenging for those who don't remember some of the "routine" of the CIVIL_WAR (Ken Burns mini-series)documentary PBS episodes. For all of us who were impressed by the coordination of music with period still photography and enthusiastic people to give a personal "spin" on the history being recounted, this is a great tool to make history come alive. The two women have been under-appreciated and this well-timed presentation goes a long way to bringing them out of the shadows into the limelight. Kudos to the producers and backers of this educational documentary that gets it right - - women's voting mattered in a land that claims to be "home of the brave" !