First Festival Screening – October 18, 2015 @ 5:00 PM at The Rafael
Second Festival Screening – October 18, 2015 @ 5:00 PM at The Sequoia
Last Festival Screening – October 18, 2015 @ 5:15 PM at The Sequoia
Profoundly moving, Suffragette tells the story of women who were foot soldiers in the fight for the right to vote in the early 20th century, ordinary women who risked all—their jobs, homes, children, even their lives. One such is Maud (Carey Mulligan): A laundry worker since childhood, she joins the evolving suffrage movement in hopes of breaking the cycles of injustice, poverty, and abuse that so many women endure. With peaceful protest a long-gone option, the suffragettes are forced underground. Guided by Edith (Helena Bonham Carter, MVFF Tributee 1998) and inspired from afar by the charismatic Mrs. Pankhurst (Meryl Streep), Maud’s involvement escalates despite huge personal loss. Increasingly hounded by the authorities, she realizes that “war’s the only language men listen to.”
Director – Sarah Gavron
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