Skip to main content

Suffragette movie directed by

 



This is a powerful drama which recounts the historical suffragette movement (1912) when women in Britain fought to have the right to vote. It is an important and true story which students deserve to know but we at IrishParents feel that it is more suitable for study at senior level due to the upsetting nature of several scenes such as the physical violence which the police mete out to the women who are protesting; the painful force-feeding of a woman on hunger strike and the (albeit implied) sexual assault of a 12 yr-old child. There is also an upsetting moment when a young child is forcibly separated from its mother. 

Verdict: Not suitable to be shown at Junior Cycle level.

Great Movie, important movie, but I would prefer my kids to watch this when they are a bit older.

Paul D. Co.Sligo