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Suffragette received its UK premiere as the opening film of the London film festival. Scriptwriter Abi Morgan said: “A film that is fronted by an ensemble of women, and they are not being funny or romantic, is hard. That became a huge obstacle.” Suffragette tells the story of the militant campaign in support of women’s voting rights in the UK, and features Carey Mulligan as a laundress called Maud Watts,Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst, Natalie Press as Emily Davison, the activist who died at the 1913 Epsom Derby; and Helena Bonham Carter as Edith Ellyn, an amalgamation of more than one prominent suffragette. The film’s status as something of a political hot potato was reinforced by the declaration of activist group Sisters Uncut to stage a protest at the premiere event against cuts to domestic violence services. Having described this year’s edition of the London film festival as “the year of strong women”, festival director Clare Stewart said that Suffragette “first and foremost, tells an important story made by British women”. She said: “The issue over gender equality, especially in the film industry, has become an increasingly important one. It’s clear there is talent everywhere, but not a lot of opportunity.”
- Streep cited the reviews aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes for its skewed gender balance, saying she tabulated 168 women critics and bloggers on the site, as opposed to some 760 men.
Personally I think the film does tell an important story about the past and how the Suffragettes actually helped contribute to the standard of equality that women have today. Its key that people know about this as it does somewhat affect our generation. Also it could potentially bring awareness as women are still discriminated in some ways. For example, the film helped the Sisters Uncut group to protest against cuts to domestic violence services as domestic violence is still a problem till this day.
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