Film Festival: Suffragette (2015)

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The word suffragette describes a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest. Suffragette is a 2015 British historical drama film about women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom, directed by Sarah Gavron and written by Abi Morgan.

Even through the architects of the Indian Constitution ensured voting rights to women from the moment of Independence, it is fact that until only around 100 years ago, women did not have the right to vote in most countries (including countries like the USA, UK and most other European Countries). In the absence of the right to vote, the lives of women were entirely dictated by the will of men. Suffragette documents the struggles of women to win their right to vote – the right to have a say in their own lives, to be treated a equals.

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Suffragette is a tart reminder to those who are casual about democratic gender equality that votes for women were not something that naturally evolved due to the ruling class’s innate decency; they had to be fought for. A startling list of statistics over the final credits gives the staggeringly recent appearances, and indeed non-appearances, of women’s suffrage around the world.

The film is currently not available for viewing.

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