Activists campaigning for greater support for victims of domestic violence have released smoke flares and lain across the red carpet at the premiere of the film Suffragette.
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“If men don’t look around the the board of governors table and feel something is wrong when half the people there are not women then we’re not going to make any progress”, she said.
Mulligan stepped out on to the red carpet at the London Film Festival Wednesday to promote her film “Suffragette”, marking her first public appearance since welcoming her new addition.
“That’s exactly what it’s there for” she told Sky News.
An eye-witness told The Mirror: “A horn rang out 4 times and about a dozen women jumped over the barrier, laid down on the red carpet and linked arms and started shouting, “David Cameron take note, dead women can’t vote”.
“Marcus is the only thing that’s mine that I can keep totally away”, she said. Because the campaigners don’t want everyone coming out of the film and happily thinking to themselves ‘well, glad that’s all over. Access for women to social housing, benefits and legal aid have all been reduced and women are dying.
‘We still live in a society that is sexist and that goes throughout history’.
The spirit of the Suffragette movement was well & truly alive at the London premiere showing of “Suffragette“.
According to protesters, the struggle at the heart of this year’s opening film is far from over – and that’s a view echoed by star Carey Mulligan.
If you’re reading this perpetually confused, we don’t blame you.
There has been criticism after the stars, along with Romola Garai, wore promotional T-shirts for the film saying “I’d rather be a rebel than a slave”.
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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.
