Suffragette follows Maud (Carey Mulligan), a young woman who becomes involved with the early feminist movement. Faced with the reality that peaceful protest is proving ineffective and an increasingly brutal State, Maud and her fellow suffragettes are forced underground and turn to violence as their only route to change, willing to give up everything in pursuit of dignity and the right to vote. Suffragette is directed by Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane), written by Abi Morgan (Shame, The Iron Lady), and produced by Alison Owen (Shaun of the Dead, Saving Mr. Banks) and Faye Ward (Tamara Drewe, Jane Eyre).