Hollywood explores British women’s fight for vote in new Suffragette film by Sarah Gavron

For women to have the right to vote in the UK a group of women suffered the brutality of the authorities and the contempt of a part of society. Sarah Gavron the British director tells the story of these unsung heroes. The action in “Suffragette” takes place in the early twentieth century. A working group organises…

Inspired by true events, “Suffragette” movingly explores the passion and heartbreak of those who risked all they had for women’s right to vote – their jobs, their homes, their children, and even their lives. Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter, and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, lead the cast of the powerful…