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Made In Dagenham

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Cope? We're women. Now don't ask such stupid questions.

Made In Dagenham Synopsis

1968: Rita lives in Dagenham and, like many local women, she works at the Ford plant stitching together seat covers. It's intricate work carried out in sweltering conditions. So why, she wonders, are the workers paid the same as unskilled labourers? Is it because the work is unskilled? Or is it in fact because they are women?

MADE IN DAGENHAM shows how, with a little help from political firebrand Barbara Castle, the Dagenham women managed to overturn an age old hypocrisy.

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Made in Dagenham: interview

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Producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen on the drama about the fight for equal pay.

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  • Credits
    • Starring:
      Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Daniel Mays, Kenneth Cranham, Jaime Winstone
    • Director:
      Nigel Cole
    • Producers:
      Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley
    • Screenplay:
      William Ivory
    • Executive Producers:
      Christine Langan, Tim Haslam, Norman Merry, Paul White
    • Distributor
      Paramount
    • Sales Agent:
      HanWay Films
    • Credits summary:
      BBC Films and the UK Film Council present in association with Audley Films. A Nigel Cole film.
    • Certificate:
      15
    • Running time:
      112mins 40s
  • Release Dates
    • In Cinemas
      October 1st 2010
    • Out on DVD
      March 28th 2011
    • Released
      October 1st 2010

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