MADE IN DAGENHAM
by Nigel Cole
synopsis
The story of Rita O'Grady who is the catalyst for the 1968 Ford Dagenham strike by 187 sewing machinists which led to the advent of the Equal Pay Act. Working in extremely impoverished conditions for long arduous hours which they must balance with their domestic lives, the women at the Ford Dagenham plant finally lose their patience when they are reclassified as "unskilled". With humour, common sense and courage they take on their corporate paymasters, an increasingly belligerent local community, and finally the g overnment itself. The leader of the women's struggle is fast-talking, no nonsense Rita whose fiery temper and occasionally hilarious unpredictability proves to be a match for any of her male opponents, and is echoed by Barbara Castle's struggle in the male-dominated House of Commons.
international title: | We Want Sex |
original title: | Made in Dagenham |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | HanWay Films |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Nigel Cole |
film run: | 113' |
release date: | UK 01/10/2010, IT 03/12/2010, DE 13/01/2011, FR 09/03/2011 |
screenplay: | Billy Ivory |
cast: | Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Mays |
cinematography by: | John de Borman |
film editing: | Michael Parker |
art director: | Andrew McAlpine |
costumes designer: | Louise Stjemsward |
music: | David Arnold |
producer: | Laurie Borg, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Tim Haslam |
production: | Number 9 Films Ltd |
backing: | UK Film Council |
distributor: | Paramount Pictures United Kingdom, Lucky Red, Tobis Film, ARP Sélection |