{"id":106446,"date":"2016-03-01T18:37:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T01:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-public-library-presents-screening-of-suffragette\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T18:37:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T01:37:13","slug":"mancos-public-library-presents-screening-of-suffragette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-public-library-presents-screening-of-suffragette\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos Public Library presents screening of \u2018Suffragette\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\u201cSuffragette\u201d
\u201cSuffragette\u201d is a stirring story, inspired by the early 20th century campaign by the suffragettes for the right of women to vote, centers on Maud (played by Carey Mulligan).<\/span>Courtesy photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It shows at 6 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuffragette\u201d is a moving drama that will empower all who are striving for equal rights in our own day and age. The stirring story, inspired by the early 20th century campaign by the suffragettes for the right of women to vote, centers on Maud (played by Carey Mulligan), a working wife and mother who comes to realize that she must fight for her dignity both at home and in her workplace. Realizing that she is not alone, she becomes an activist alongside other brave women from all walks of life.<\/p>\n

The early efforts at resistance were passive but as the women faced increasingly aggressive police action, the suffragettes become galvanized \u2013 risking their very lives to ensure that women\u2019s rights would be recognized and respected.<\/p>\n

In addition to Mulligan, the cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Whishaw, Anne-Marie Duff, Brendan Gleeson, and Meryl Streep. Peter Schlessel, CEO of Focus Features, said, \u201cSuffragette\u201d is a story that will resonate with men and women across the generations; it is about parents and children, courage and dedication, and making hard choices.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mulligan, like Streep, can make even pedestrian material sing with the honesty, sophistication and nuance she brings to every role, on screen or stage. In \u201cSuffragette,\u201d she brings to vibrant life an important part of our global history that\u2019s easy to forget \u2014 the struggle for a woman\u2019s right to vote.<\/p>\n

Though the movie, directed by Sarah Gavron, includes real-life characters like Emmeline Pankhurst (Streep) and Emily Wilding Davison (Natalie Press), its main character is Maud Watts (Mulligan), a 24-year-old mother who spends her days working in a laundry where her own mother labored.<\/p>\n

Maud\u2019s journey begins when she is drafted to testify before a government committee on the woman\u2019s vote, and is abandoned by her husband, who has banned her from their young son. She finds quarters with other suffragettes and wages her war.<\/p>\n

The film is produced by Faye Ward and Alison Owen. For more information about this screening, call 970-533-7600 or visit www.mancoslibrary.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cSuffragette\u201d is a stirring story, inspired by the early 20th century campaign by the suffragettes for the right of women to vote, centers on Maud (played by Carey Mulligan).Courtesy photo It shows at 6 p.m. Monday. \u201cSuffragette\u201d is a moving drama that will empower all who are striving for equal rights in our own day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[83],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-106446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-mancos"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106446"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=106446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}