I was lucky enough to catch Made in Dagenham last night at the local rep cinema. I consider myself lucky because I'd never heard of the film, and I consider it to be one of the best of 2010.
The movie tells the story of a strike in the upholstery shop, staffed solely by women, at the Ford Motors plant in Dagenham, England. Initially a strike about being classified as unskilled labour, the cause quickly morphs into a demand for equal pay for women. It's quite an inspiring tale.
Sally Hawkins (Happy Go-Lucky) turns in a tremendous performance as the (fictional) strike leader Rita O'Grady.
Movies like this really deserve more attention. It wasn't a ground breaking work of cinema, but it was a more solid film than a lot of the dreck that's being thrown around for the "Best of 2010" honours.
The movie tells the story of a strike in the upholstery shop, staffed solely by women, at the Ford Motors plant in Dagenham, England. Initially a strike about being classified as unskilled labour, the cause quickly morphs into a demand for equal pay for women. It's quite an inspiring tale.
Sally Hawkins (Happy Go-Lucky) turns in a tremendous performance as the (fictional) strike leader Rita O'Grady.
Movies like this really deserve more attention. It wasn't a ground breaking work of cinema, but it was a more solid film than a lot of the dreck that's being thrown around for the "Best of 2010" honours.