Watch: ‘Suffragette’ teaser trailer

There was a time when women weren’t allowed to vote and Meryl Streep’s latest ensemble film is about just that.

The film titled Suffragette stars Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishsaw and Meryl Streep.

First up, here’s the film’s synopsis:

SUFFRAGETTE is a moving drama that will empower all who are striving for equal rights in our own day and age. The stirring story, inspired by the early-20th-century campaign by the suffragettes for the right of women to vote, centres on Maud (Mulligan), a working wife and mother who comes to realise that she must fight for her dignity both at home and in her workplace. Realising that she is not alone, she becomes an activist alongside other brave women from all walks of life. The early efforts at resistance were passive but as the women faced increasingly aggressive police action, the suffragettes become galvanised – risking their very lives to ensure that women’s rights would be recognised and respected. – Focus Features

Here’s the teaser trailer: