Sarah Gavron quotes

“We have come far, but there is an ongoing battle to be fought. Many of the issues the Suffragettes were dealing with are still issues today across the globe: equal pay, parental rights, sexual abuse, etc.”
-- Sarah Gavron

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“I want people to be inspired! To remember how hard-fought the battle for the vote was, the debt we owe to women who paved the way for this more egalitarian society we live in, how critical it is to use our vote and to be counted.”
-- Sarah Gavron

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“"Suffragette" is an intense drama that tracks the story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement as they fight for the right to vote.”
-- Sarah Gavron

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“I had wanted to make this film [Suffragette] for over a decade. There has never been a cinematic rendition of this story. I had not been taught any of the history of the movement at school, and the version I had gleaned had been the Mary Poppins story of women in large hats, petitioning. There was another version.”
-- Sarah Gavron

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“We petitioned to get access to film [Suffragette] at the Houses of Parliament and we whooped with joy when we were allowed in, as this is the first ever commercial film to shoot there.”
-- Sarah Gavron

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“The challenging of repression by a new generation of activists - from Malala Yousafzai to Pussy Riot - across the globe reminded us how many women are still fighting for basic human rights. Our great-grandmothers' struggle in all its shocking detail seemed so relevant.”
-- Sarah Gavron

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“The suffragettes were women of action. Their motto was "Deeds not Words," and the film reflects that with a number of big set pieces, from the smashing of windows in central London to a riot at the Houses of Parliament.”
-- Sarah Gavron

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“I want a Zero Tolerance policy on All The Patriarchal Bullshit.”

Source : Caitlin Moran (2012). “How to Be a Woman”, p.10, Harper Collins

“Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work.”

Source : "Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers & Donna Edwards Discuss Mitt Romney". Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 14, 2012.

“I want to be blunt: We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work, and access to birth control, in 2012. These issues were resolved years ago - until the Republicans brought them back.”

“And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.”

“Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?”

“Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.”

“Many times I heard Imam Ahmad saying (when asked to give his opinion) on controversial scholarly issues 'I do not know.'”

“I have a daughter who I love very much, I hire women, I've worked with women, I've never had an issue with women.”

“A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.”

Source : "Voter Suppression Is Treasonous" by Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2012.

“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

Source : Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Community School Dist. (1969)