I'm so aware how often women's bodies are objectified on film. Sarah Gavron awarebodyfilm Change image and share on social
I started to have these ideas for films. They were like running images in my head. But I didn't think I could be a director. I just literally didn't think it was a possibility. Then I started to suddenly see films of women. Sarah Gavron directorfilmhead share on social
I made lots of short films, about nine or ten short films. And then I made a television film called 'This Little Life.' Sarah Gavron callfilmlife Change image and share on social
The suffragettes endured 50 years of broken government promises and not being heard. The press never reported on their activities. Sarah Gavron activitybreakendure Change image and share on social
It's interesting when you read the debates in parliaments between MPs about whether they should give women a vote. It's a lot of fear; it is fear of change. It's fear if women get to vote, family structures will break down. Women will stop having children. Women won't vote for war. Sarah Gavron breakchangechild share on social
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 attemptcommunityface share on social
My grandmother - my mother's mother - was a German Jewish refugee, an only child who came here from Berlin in 1936 at the age of 17. Sarah Gavron ageberlinchild Change image and share on social
It was important to focus on working-class women because we so rarely focus, particularly in period films, on the working people. The suffragettes brought together women of all classes, which was one of the striking things about the movement. Sarah Gavron bringclassfilm share on social
I think the main thing for young women is to have confidence and not be afraid to challenge continuing inequalities, because that's the only way you'll get change. Sarah Gavron afraidchallengechange Change image and share on social
