Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham is a 2010 British film directed by Nigel Cole. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Daniel Mays and Richard Schiff. It dramatises the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 that aimed for equal pay for women. The films theme song, with lyrics by Billy Bragg, is performed by Sandie Shaw, herself a native of the area and a former Ford Dagenham clerk.

Rita OGrady a fictional character leads the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike at the Ford Dagenham plant, where female workers walk out in protest against sexual discrimination, demanding equal pay. The strike is successful and leads to the Equal Pay Act 1970.Of 122 Rotten Tomatoes reviews, 80 rated the film fresh. Macleans, in a review for the films 2010 Toronto International Film Festival premiere, called it a .. combination of Milk and Mad Men.. Its a film that blatantly condemns sexism and shows, despite its mostly light tone, the real cost of fighting for civil rights. The beehived and bobbed characters are fully fleshed and wellrounded even though they fit into 60s archetypes, and the period piece balances optimism and realism in a way thats both compelling and fun to watch. ........

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