article_snippet: It is the first feature film to tell the story of the ordinary British women at the turn of the last century who risked everything in the fight for equality and the right to vote.
article_snippet: Posing in a specially released photograph, actresses Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter, who star in the film, set to be released in September, are joined by relatives of the woman considered the leader of the Suffragettes.
article_snippet: The film will bring to life the the British women's suffrage movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, with famed suffragette Emmeline (played by Streep) among the main characters.
article_snippet: Carey plays one of the female foot soldiers in the movement, and sees to visiting the suffragettes who were arrested and incarcerated during that period.
article_snippet: Helena Bonham Carter too wears the badge of the movement, carrying small bouquets of flowers in the green, white and violet colours of the Women's Social and Political Union.
article_snippet: Meryl Streep dressed as Emmeline Pankhurst, and Helena Bonham Carter, right, during filming for Suffragette .
article_snippet: Suffragette’s director, Sarah Gavron told the BBC:
article_snippet: Our film is inspired by the true stories of the foot soldiers of the Suffragette movement, women who were willing to sacrifice everything in women who were willing to sacrifice everything in their fight for the right to vote fight for the right to vote.
article_snippet: ‘Our are honoured to be allowed to recreate a crucial moment in that long journey towards equality by filming where the Suffragettes actually brought their protest over 100 years ago.
article_snippet: The story of the ordinary British women who were willing to sacrifice everything in the ordinary British women who were willing to sacrifice everything in their fight for the right to vote fight for the right to vote is an inspiration to all of us in us ongoing fight for equality.'
highlights_snippet: The cast and crew of Suffragette posed together for the first time today .
  
highlights_snippet: The cast and crew of Suffragette sat alongside the members of Emmeline Pankhurst's family .
  