Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film on DVD [read more]
Stand up, sisters
Bad behaviour, noise, clamour and violence are not usually traits associated with British women – but for the first 15 years of the twentieth century, fearless females fought with the authorities, and society at large, to make themselves heard.
This fascinating selection of over 20 films from the BFI National Archive, released on DVD on 23 November 2015, combines documentary, newsreel and comedy to show how suffragettes were portrayed on the screen during the period when their battles were being waged on the streets.
With cinema becoming established as a dominant art form, the suffragettes made it their business to get in front of the cameras. This set brilliantly complement’s Sarah Gavron’s feature film Suffragette (2015), showing the real women and real battles of history.
