Sarah Gavron Quotes

United Kingdom, Director
April 20, 1970

Sarah Gavron (born 20 April 1970) is a British film director. She has directed four short films, and three feature films. Her first film is, This Little Life (2003); Brick Lane (2007) is her second most recognized film; Village at the End of the World (2012); and her latest film, Suffragette (2015) that is based in London of 1912 which tells the story of the Suffragette movement based on realistic, historical events.

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
- School
- Film
- Stories
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
- People
- Remember
- Inspired