Brilliant film - the battle for the unheard to be heard and for those whose history has been stolen , re-written or silenced by those in power to push back and speak out : We know now how black and working class and women's history has been pushed into the shadows to the glorification of a tiny minority - this film shows how that is done - so politely , so relentlessly . Anyone who has watched barristers, politicians or journalists cherry-picking evidence to prove a lie will be cheering through tears at this film.
Sally Hawkins is brilliant: portraying a personal struggle against having her own reality denied (as an ME sufferer) alongside the struggle to get history re-written for someone who has had their reality denied for 500 years : speaks out for all those who have had our histories denied or rewritten and all groups who have been dehumanised, portrayed as monsters to feed a political narrative of those in power : The Tudors' reign rested on the idea that R3 had been a monster , justifiably usurped - How many of our own rulers' rely on scapegoating and dehumanisation of various groups - refugees, transwomen - to consolidate or detract from their own crimes ? How many millions have their truth buried to preserve the priveieged?
