Showing posts with label Karl Marx. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karl Marx. Show all posts

20/06/2021

MY SUNDAY'S PERIOD PICKS: MISS MARX (2020)

 


"Miss Marx" premiered at Venice Film Festival 2020 and is Eleonor Marx’s biopic, directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli and starring Romola Garai.

Eleonor was Karl Marx’s youngest daughter. Nicknamed Tussy, she was brilliant, cultured and passionate. She wrote, translated and studied and was a committed political activist with the socialist party and the trade unions. She highlighted the connection between feminism and socialism, took part in protests and riots, fought for women’s rights and against the exploitation of children in work.