At last! Dixons AS History class has been musing for some time now on why the Votes for Women campaign, with its colourful characters and provocative acts, has never been made into a film or TV series. But someone has heard our call! Writer and political advisor Barbara Gorna is apparently working on a bio-pic of the life of Emily Wilding Davison, one of the most fascinating characters in the suffragette story. Listen to her here talking about Davison’s life; the interview itself gives our AS class plenty to think about in terms of why some women were so convinced of the importance of a political voice. In the meantime, all students can have their say: which neglected periods of History do you think deserve the big-screen treatment and why?
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Everyone knows about the plague...but is there a film about it? If there is I haven't heard about it. There's several modern films about decimating diseases e.g. I Am Legend but the most decimating disease of all seems unheard of. Could there be an emotional romance or is it just a dead story?
There's also a lack of Celtic history in films: several novels but no films of the hard fight against the Roman invaders and struggle with savage tribal beliefs. The closest there is to Celtic history films are Asterix Films which are technically Gaulish not Celtic.
There's more than enough Roman films from Roman perspective but very little from their defeated enemies. There are several key moments in Celtic history, especially in their struggle against the conquesters, that a film could depict.
In fact, Celts are probably better than the Black Death - more action.
Hannah Strachan
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