MADE IN DAGENHAM

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Directed by Nigel Cole
UK. 113 minutes
Drama
SAT OCT 16 @ 6:00pm | Salem Cinema

Print courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

When we think of 60s revolutionaries, the women of Dagenham don't fit the clichés, but these feisty, funny factory girls shook their world with spirit and courage, and achieved lasting social change. 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). With humor, common sense and courage, the women (played with pluck and vigor by Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson and Rosamund Pike) take on their bosses, an increasingly belligerent local community, and finally the government, as their intelligence and unpredictability proves to be a match for any of their male opponents. It's a vintage girl power tale.

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