Twitter reacts to Suffragette film premiere being stormed with domestic violence campaigners
The London premiere of the new film Suffragette was interrupted on Wednesday when a protest group called Sister Uncut set off smoke bombs and carried signs that read ‘Dead Women Can’t Vote’ and ‘Cuts Kill’ as they lobbied for more government services for victims of domestic violence.
Using the hashtag ‘#DeadWomenCantVote,’ many have praised the group on Twitter for drawing attention to the issue.
2 women per week. Any other death toll on UK soil would get an inquiry. Well done @sistersuncut https://t.co/qD4YEjIRff #deadwomencantvote
— Sophie Wilkinson (@sophwilkinson) October 7, 2015
#DeadWomenCantVote - that is something I'm not going to forget in a while. Think the Suffragettes would have been proud.
— June Eric-Udorie(@juneericudorie) October 7, 2015
Men dragging @SistersUncut protestors from the red carpet of @SuffragetteFilm. The irony. #DeadWomenCantVote https://t.co/3C9vJ0tOvF
— Ella Marshall (@_EllaMarshall) October 7, 2015
YES to @SistersUncut holding a die-in at the Suffragette premiere. DV is killing us. Feminism isn't finished yet. #deadwomencantvote
— Fiona Longmuir (@EscapologistGl) October 7, 2015
I'm with @SistersUncut at premiere of #Suffragette cause the battle for equality is far from won. #deadwomencantvote pic.twitter.com/nGaMEB4Qrw
— Anya Pearson (@AnyaRPearson) October 7, 2015
Star of the film Helena Bonham Carter told the Evening Standard: "I'm glad our film has done something. That's exactly what it's there for, if you feel strongly about something and there's an injustice that you can speak out and try and get it changed. This is exactly what our characters would do.”
Janelle Brown, spokeswoman for Sisters Uncut, told the BBC: "We came to the Suffragette premiere today because the struggle is definitely not over. Dead women can't vote."
The protest took place before the film’s screening at the Odean in Leicester Square.