Made In Dagenham /
Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, Made in Dagenham is based on a true story about a group of spirited women who joined forces, took a stand for what was right, and in doing so, found their own inner strength. Although far from the Swinging Sixties of Carnaby Street, life for the women of Dagenh...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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New York, NY :
Sony Pictures Classics,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, Made in Dagenham is based on a true story about a group of spirited women who joined forces, took a stand for what was right, and in doing so, found their own inner strength. Although far from the Swinging Sixties of Carnaby Street, life for the women of Dagenham, England is tinged with the sounds and sights of an optimistic era, heard on their radios and seen on their TV sets. Rita O'Grady (Sally Hawkins) reflects that upbeat era, along with her friends and co-workers at the city's Ford Motor Factory - Sandra (Jamie Winstone), Eileen (Nicola Duffett), Brenda (Andrea Risenborough), Monica (Lorraine Stanley) and Connie (Geraldine James) - who laugh in the face of their poor conditions. Lisa (Rosamund Pike) is a fiercely intelligent Cambridge-educated woman who feels a bit trapped, tending to the home with a husband that suggests she keep her opinions to herself. She may not live in the same world as the other women, but she shares their views. No one thought the revolution would come to Dagenham, until one day, it did. Rita, who primarily sees herself as a wife and mother, is coerced into attending a meeting with shop steward Connie, sympatheic union representative Albert (Bob Hoskins) and Peter Hopkins (Rupert Graves), Ford's Head of Industrial Relations. What she expects to be simply a day out of work, complete with a free lunch, turns into much more when she and her colleagues become outraged by the lack of respect shown in the meeting to the women employees. With humor, common sense and courage Rita and the other women take on their bosses, an increasingly belligerent local community, and finally the government, as their intelligence and unpredicatability proves to be a match for any of their male opponents. Daring to stand up and push boundaries, the women changed a system that no one wanted to admit was broken. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed May 25, 2017). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (114 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:53:08 |
| Awards: | Won 2010 Dinard British Film Festival, Best Screenplay Won 2010 Dinard British Film Festival, Golden Hitchcock Won 2010 Dinard British Film Festival, Silver Hitchcock Nominated 2011 BAFTA Awards, Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film Nominated 2011 BAFTA Film Award, Best Supporting Actress Nominated 2011 BAFTA Film Award, Best Costume Design Nominated 2011 BAFTA Film Award, Best Make Up & Hair Nominated 2011 Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Female Focus Award, Women's Image Award Nominated 2011 American Cinema Editors, USA Eddie, Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical Nominated 2010 British Independent Film Award, Best Screenplay Nominated 2010 British Independent Film Award, Best Actress Nominated 2010 British Independent Film Award, Best Supporting Actress Nominated 2010 British Independent Film Award, Best Supporting Actor Nominated 2011 Evening Standard British Film Award, Best Actress Nominated 2011 Evening Standard British Film Award, Best Technical/Artistic Achievement Nominated 2011 London Critics Circle Film Awards ALFS Award, British Supporting Actress of the Year Nominated 2011 Online Film & Television Association OFTA Film Award, Best Costume Design Nominated 2010 Satellite Award, Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Nominated 2010 Satellite Award, Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Nominated 2010 Women's Image Network Award, Actress Feature Film |