Suffragette [Blu-ray] / Focus Features ; Pathé ; Film4 ; BFI ; Ingenious Media ; a Ruby Films production ; produced by Alison Owen and Faye Ward ; written by Abi Morgan ; directed by Sarah Gavron.
Format:
[Blu-ray] /
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (1 hr., 47 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne Marie Duff. Originally released as a motion picture in 2015. Bonus materials: Includes UltraViolet; Inside "Suffragette"; Suffragette: looking back, looking forward; Making the VFX for "Suffragette"; Feature commentary with director Sarah Gavron and screenwriter Abi Morgan.
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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