Wednesday 13 October 2010

Made In Dagenham

Cast
Sally Hawkins
Andrea Riseborough
Jaime Winstone
Daniel Mays
Bob Hoskins
Miranda Richardson
Rosamund Pike
Screenwriter
Billy Ivory
Director
Nigel Cole
Running Time
113 minutes

Based on a true story, Made in Dagenham portrays a decisive moment in that decade of upheaval, when the fight for equal rights and pay was led – unexpectedly – by ordinary working-class women with one foot in the kitchen, one foot on the factory floor, and ears glued to the pop coming over the radio and telly from far-off London (19 kilometers and a world away). It's a vintage “girl power” tale. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Informative, dramatic and funny but the small budget lets it down a little.