When Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen on May 30, 1431, the world moved on. Her mother did not. Isabelle Romée was a peasant woman from the small village of Domrémy, where Joan of Arc was born. She had watched her daughter rise from obscurity to lead armies and crown a king, only to be captured, betrayed, and condemned as a heretic. Most would have accepted defeat. Isabelle refused to. In the 1440s, now an elderly widow with limited financial means and no political influence, she bega

THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, one of the most celebrated of all silent films, tells the story of the trial, conviction, and execution of Joan of Arc in 1431. Melissa Etheridge joins Ben Mankiewicz at 12am ET on Making Change to explain why the film is a timeless feminist story. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM