Suffragette / Focus Features, Path℗♭́Ư, Film4 and BFI present in association with Ingenious Media ; a Ruby Films production ; directed by Sarah Gavron ; written by Abi Morgan ; produced by Alison Owen and Faye Ward.
DVD release of the 2015 motion picture. Bonus materials: Inside Suffragette ; Suffragette: looking back, looking forward ; Making the VFX for Suffragette ; Feature commentary with director Sarah Gavron and screenwriter Abi Morgan. Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai.
Summary:
Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all walks of life.
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