‘Suffragette’ is set to play at Fernie Arts Station on March 9, at 7 p.m. as an opener to the Women’s Day events that will run all day Saturday, March 12 at the Community Centre.

Inspired by true events, Suffragette movingly explores 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. Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter, and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, lead the cast of the powerful drama about the fight for equality in early-20th-Century Britain.

The stirring story centres on Maud, a working wife and mother who becomes an activist for the Suffragette cause alongside women from all walks of life. Suffragette is directed by BAFTA Award winner Sarah Gavron and written by Emmy Award winner Abi Morgan.

Suffragette received numerous claimed reviews including:

“Hot Blooded and riveting” – The Telegraph; “By avoiding the usual cliches of the freedom saga, Suffragette finds its way to its own, specific integrity. It’s a movie that’s easier to respect than love, but it is something to respect” – San Fransisco Chronicle.

Did you know Canada gave women the right to vote in 1918? However, Aboriginal women did not get this right until 1960. England granted the right to vote in 1928 (the period dealt with in the film is actually 1912), interestingly Switzerland only granted women the right in 1971 and Portugal in 1976. Saudi Arabia, one of the last remaining countries in the world not to have given women the right to vote did so in 2011.

Tickets are available via the Goddess Rising Website and after last year’s sell-out movie event you are really encouraged to buy in advance of the day.

The movie is being screened to raise awareness of the Goddess Rising event, to engage the whole community but specifically the Young girls and women it of course will raise funds to help the organizers keep the Women’s Day event Free for all. The movie screening has been made possible due the very generous donation received from Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Summit Fund.

Goddess Rising will take place at the Community Centre, Saturday March 12, 9 a.m. -3:30 p.m. with workshops covering: Getting Started in the Garden; ‘Acro Yoga; Making soap; creative writing; overcoming emotional eating; overcoming emotional stress; worm compost making and many more. The highly successful pampering session from last year return bigger and better and are already booking up fast.

Pre-registration for all workshops and pampering session on the event day are encouraged as many sell out ahead of time. The event is free (by donation at door) with all workshops free, and pampering sessions by donation. A healthy and hearty $8 lunch will be served.

Submitted

Article Share