September 30, 2026
Join the AAUW Carlisle branch for an open screening and discussion of the film "Lilly" (2024).
This film tells the true story of a courageous factory worker who fights for justice when cheated and mistreated by her company, and is based on the life of Lilly Ledbetter, the namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
From lillymovie.com:
LILLY is a powerful dramatic film starring Patricia Clarkson, John Benjamin Hickey and Thomas Sadoski directed by Rachel Feldman based on the true story of working-class hero Lilly Ledbetter, an Alabama tire factory supervisor whose goal is to lift her family into the middle class. After learning that she’s being paid significantly less than her male peers, Lilly fights bullies and bureaucrats through courts and Congress in a successful landmark battle for equal pay. President Obama names his first piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, for her persistence and bravery.
LILLY is the story of an ordinary woman who galvanizes social change at great personal cost through her extraordinary desire for justice. While LILLY’s narrative is illuminated through the lens of gender discrimination, the film is a roadmap for how to fight against all monolithic systems of oppression. LILLY shows us that the only way to stop tyranny is to stand up to it, truly a movie for the moment.
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- Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Cost: Free