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 More Quotes by Sarah Gavron More Quotes From Sarah Gavron It has to be 'The Piano' by Jane Campion. It inspired me to pursue my dream to direct. It is not just my favorite woman-directed film - it is my favorite film. Sarah Gavron just me piano dream Film is a machine: you never stop. Sarah Gavron never-stop stop never you In Bangladesh, if you put a kiss in a film, it's political. Sarah Gavron kiss you film political 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 women focus together people It was only when I saw films in my early 20s by Jane Campion, Mira Nair, Sally Potter and Kathryn Bigelow, I started to think, 'Oh, it's possible.' I dared to suggest that I wanted to train to be a film director. Sarah Gavron director possible think train So many women don't have voices in their governments. Sarah Gavron governments voices many women Remember to use your vote. Remember to speak out and feel empowered. Sarah Gavron feel vote speak remember 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 you confidence women change 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 brick story things life I'm very interested in cinema that explores emotional journeys and where you can use everything at your disposal cinematically to locate you inside someone's head and their emotional landscape. Sarah Gavron someone you landscape cinema
