Jennifer Carroll Foy – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

MOVIE OF THE WEEK October 24, 2025: RATIFIED

October 19, 2025October 28, 2025 Jennifer Merin Andrea Miller, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, Deborah Riley Draper, documentary, Eileen Davis, Equal Rights Amendment, ERA, Jennifer Carroll Foy, Jennifer McClellan, jennifer merin, Kati Horning, leslie combemale, loren king, motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, pbs, phyllis schlafly, Ratified, Sabaah Folayan, sherin nicole, Ting Ting Cheng

More than 100 years after it was initially introduced, the fierce fight for the Equal Rights Amendment wages on…and on…and on. The persistence and determination of the dedicated people — mostly women, naturally — who are committed to making the ERA part of the U.S. Constitution is thoroughly captured in Sabaah Folayan and Deborah Riley Draper’s documentary Ratified, which is ultimately as frustrating as it is compelling and informative.

Reviews

RATIFIED – Review by Loren King

October 5, 2025October 19, 2025 Loren King Andrea Miller, Deborah Riley Draper, documentary, Eileen Davis, Equal Rights Amendment, ERA, Jennifer Carroll Foy, Jennifer McClellan, Kati Horning, pbs, phyllis schlafly, Ratified, Sabaah Folayan, Ting Ting Cheng

Kudos to directors Deborah Riley Draper and Sabaah Folayan for bringing, with vitality and a razor sharp perspective, 100 years of history up to the present and making it fascinating, relevant and, yes, infuriating. Ratified succinctly traces the the birth of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the year 1924 through gains and losses, always with a focus on the pivotal but, unsurprisingly, neglected role unfailingly played by women of color.