5 Facts about the 2015 Sarah Gavron film Suffragette starring Carey Mulligan
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SUFFRAGETTE (2015)
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5. Although previously busy with shorts, a TV movie and a documentary, this is only director Sarah Gavron’s second theatrically-released film. Her previous movie, Brick Lane (2007), was also a ‘period’ piece, set in 1980s London.
4. Some scenes were filmed on location at the Houses of Parliament, the first film to do so since the 1950s.
3. Emmeline Pankhurst’s great granddaughter Helen Pankhurst has a minor role in the film.
2. Feminist action group Sisters Uncut staged a lie-in protest on the red carpet at the film’s premiere in London.
1. Co-star Helena Bonham Carter is a descendant of H.H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1908 and 1916, who took a stance against women having the right to vote.
5. Although previously busy with shorts, a TV movie and a documentary, this is only director Sarah Gavron’s second theatrically-released film. Her previous movie, Brick Lane (2007), was also a ‘period’ piece, set in 1980s London.
4. Some scenes were filmed on location at the Houses of Parliament, the first film to do so since the 1950s.
3. Emmeline Pankhurst’s great granddaughter Helen Pankhurst has a minor role in the film.
2. Feminist action group Sisters Uncut staged a lie-in protest on the red carpet at the film’s premiere in London.
1. Co-star Helena Bonham Carter is a descendant of H.H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1908 and 1916, who took a stance against women having the right to vote.
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