First Glimpse of Meryl Streep in Suffragette

<p>“Never surrender, never give up the fight,” Meryl Streep tells Carey Mulligan in the first trailer for their upcoming drama SUFFRAGETTE which will open the 59th BFI London Film Festival on October 7th.</p> <p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4621484204.jpg" width="380" height="225" alt="CREDIT: Focus Features" title="CREDIT: Focus Features"/></p> <p></p><p>The star-studded movie due for general release soon after, has already become one of the most highly anticipated of the year.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai, Natalie Press, and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, written by Abi Morgan (“The Iron Lady,” “The Hour”) and directed by Sarah Gavron (“Brick Lane”)</p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>Suffragatte is a powerful drama about the women who were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality in early-20th-century Britain. The stirring story centers on Maud (played by Carey Mulligan), a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the UK’s growing suffragette movement. Galvanised by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep), Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all walks of life. Inspired by true events, it is a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of those who risked all they had for women’s right to vote – their jobs, their homes, their children, and even their lives.</p><p> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.twitter.com/RogerWalkerDack">@RogerWalkerDack</a></p><p></p><p> </p>