Suffragette - 2015 - 7/10

Working class laundress gradually gets drawn into the Suffragette movement during pre-WWI England.
She goes from passing rallies, to listening, to becoming an activist.
Radicalized, if you will, because of heavy handed government (male) crackdowns and retribution.
Politicians who speak from both sides of their mouth are another root.
Drab set design and costumes illustrate the drab existence.
Although rather like History 102, the film does its best not to preach nor get strident.
Fairly successful, too, though if you don’t believe in your heart of hearts that women are not truly equal to men, then you will not like this one.
Once the “Ascot” phrase is mentioned, most will know where this is going.