Niaqornat particularly seemed to offer a heightened version of a story being played out across the world about traditional communities’ struggle for survival and their attempts to renegotiate their identity in the face of modern life. Sarah Gavron Read Quote
The suffragettes were quite strategic about documenting their events, and there were some good photos. And we developed a roll of film that had never been developed before! Sarah Gavron Read Quote
The suffragettes endured 50 years of broken government promises and not being heard. The press never reported on their activities. Sarah Gavron Read Quote
I was taught nothing about the suffragettes in school. The version I eventually got was mainly about the peaceful campaigning of the constitutional suffragists. Their work was vital, but there was this other, not widely known story of the women who risked everything, who were prepared to break every taboo. Sarah Gavron Read Quote
I’d made this film called ‘This Little Life,’ and it went round the fests and won awards and did well. Sarah Gavron Read Quote
I suppose ‘This Little Life’ and ‘Brick Lane’ both have things in common in that they have a female protagonist very much at the centre of the story, and they’re subjectively told. Sarah Gavron Read Quote
In a way, perhaps, there’s an advantage of being on the edge of something and looking in as the observer, because as the filmmaker, you’re the storyteller, and you’re pulling out this universal story. Sarah Gavron Read Quote
