From the Director that gave us Brick Lane, Sarah Gavron directs the first ever feature film to tell the story of how women's fight for the vote. With a stellar cast; Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter the film follows a group of working class women taking their fight to Westminster.
Mulligan stars as Maud, a housewife who defies her husband and thus risks losing custody of her children in the fight for equality. Streep plays Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the Women's Social and Political Movement Union who went through hunger strikes and property destruction as a means of protest.
Mulligan has always been very outspoken about the issue of sexism specifically in the film industry, she told Time Out in April this year;
"The mere fact that it's taken 100 years for this story to be told is hugely revealing..it took years of struggle and women being tortured, abused and persecuted and its never been put on screen. It's such a reflection of our film industry that that story hasn't been told"
We particularly like the poster art for the film which suggests, (as does the trailer) that this will be a gritty drama outlining the violence that followed these women in their fight for equality.
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| Emotive film art released on Emmeline Pankhurst day - July 14th, 2015 |
The film poster utilises the colours purple, white and green which were a key part of the Suffragette movement. Purple signifying dignity, white showing purity and green meaning hope.
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| Film poster for Film4 backed, Suffragette (2015) |
The film will premier at this year's London Film Festival at the Odeon Leicester Square on October 7th. Currently in it's 59th year, the BFI London Film Festival will run until the 17th October.
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