Suffragette is a film set for release in October 2015 based on real events in 1912 England about women's rights. The film stars Helena Bonham Carter, Carey Mulligan, and Meryl Streep and tells the story of ordinary working women who turned to violent protest after peaceful demonstrations achieved nothing. Maud Watts, played by Carey Mulligan, was one of these foot soldiers who was willing to lose everything in her fight for equality. The film follows Maud's gripping and heart-breaking fight for dignity as women were forced underground in their pursuit of women's suffrage.