Meryl Streep’s ‘Suffragette’ premier torpedoed by women’s rights protesters

Footage uploaded to Vine by Sisters Uncut shows the group being pulled away from the red carpet by security. The organisation says it is using “suffragette methods to declare that, as long as violence against women continues, the battle for women’s liberation has not yet been won”. It tells the story of the suffrage movement in the 19th and 20th century.

In September (15) the actresses wore tops emblazoned with feminist Emmeline Pankhurst’s famous slogan “I’d rather be a rebel than a slave” while promoting the movie in Time Out London magazine. The actress said that it’s all about maintaining a “nice, easy balance”, and this is exactly what her new film “Suffragette” is all about.

In an extended statement on their website, Sisters Uncut explained their opposition to government cuts: “Doors are being slammed on women fleeing violence”.

“Hopefully the movie will inspire anybody who believes an injustice was done, to be bold enough to protest”. Suffragette star Helena Bonham Carter was shocked by the protesters yet remained calm as she continued signing fan autographs and posing for the cameras.

Bonham Carter’s Suffragette co-stars Romola Garai and Carey Mulligan also gave the protesters their backing. “Certain things have changed in our industry to allow them to understand that women will be interested in this film, and so will men”.

“I’m glad our film has done something”, she said. She plays activist Emmeline Pankhurst, but the film’s star is Carey Mulligan, who plays Maud, a young mother who finds her voice and risks everything to join the fight for equality.

“Well we had this cast, and none had worked together before, but when we got together to rehearse they all immediately formed this bond – I had nothing to do with it”, Sarah laughed at Suffragette’s press conference during the London Film Festival.

“But, increasingly, we think now that women’s rights and issues are men’s issues, it belongs to all of us to right this imbalance in the world”. “There are 168 women”, she told The Daily Beast, adding that she went through the site and counted.

No one from the film, that opened the BFI London Film Festival and is set for a USA release later this month, was immediately available to comment about the protest.