They state that cuts to government services are affecting women who suffer from domestic violence.
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“Richard Young/REX Shutterstock Members of Sisters Uncut take over the premiere showing They reportedly shouted a mix of chants together with: “We are the suffragettes” &: “You say cutback we say fight back” The witness admitted in that the safety struggled to take away the protesters”.
The protesters were from the group Sisters Uncut and the red carpet was temporarily shut down after several members of the group stormed onto it and lay down. “Join Sisters Uncut at the premiere to celebrate the history of women’s struggles and our ongoing struggle for women’s lives – because dead women can’t vote”.
The scenes in Leicester Square mirrored those in the period drama, which tells the story of the British women’s equality movement of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Around 15 protesters jumped the barricades to raise awareness about the continued inequality women face more than 100 years after the events the film is based on took place.
She went on to claim: “Two women each week are killed in Britain because of domestic violence”.
“I’m glad our film has done something”, she told Sky News. Access for women to social housing, benefits and legal aid have all been reduced and women are dying.
WILL OLIVER/EPA Romola Garai, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Marie Duff and Carey Mulligan (left to right) are among the stars in “Suffragette”.
At the press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Mulligan said it felt like “a film about today”.
She said: ‘Hopefully this film will inspire everyone in the way they view the world.
Speaking about the activists, the British star said: “It’s so great, that’s so exciting”. We are optimistic that things need to change and brilliant actresses like Jennifer Lawrence are making enormous amounts of money in the box office and Hollywood is starting to realise there might be something in it’. It doesn’t matter what bits of flesh we have – we are all equal.
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But critics complained the photoshoot for Time Out magazine ignored the historical context of the term “slave” and suggests that slavery was a choice.
