We are 40 years on but only in certain countries and still, the pay gap in the UK is something to balk at.
The new film, Made in Dagenham promises to bring some of these issues to the fore this year. Watch the trailer here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0LF-F1QNAw
Made In Dagenham (15)
* Consumer Advice: Contains strong language
* Run time: 1 hour 53 mins
* Genre: Drama
* Release date: 1st October 2010
* Starring: Rosamund Pike, Miranda Richardson, Bob Hoskins
* Directed by: Nigel Cole
* Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Plot Synopsis
From the director of Calendar Girls comes the new comedy-drama with an all star British cast, Made in Dagenham. Paramount Pictures UK is delighted to announce the theatrical release on October 1st in both the UK and Ireland for the film that was formerly known under the working title of We Want Sex.
The film stars the award winning Sally Hawkins as Rita O'Grady who is the catalyst for the 1968 Ford Dagenham strike by 187 sewing machinists which led to the advent of the Equal Pay Act. Working in extremely impoverished conditions and for long arduous hours, the women at the Ford Dagenham plant finally lay down their tools when they are reclassified as "unskilled". With humour, common sense and courage they take on their corporate paymasters, an increasingly belligerent local community, and finally the government itself. The leader of the women's struggle is fast-talking, no nonsense Rita whose fiery temper and occasionally hilarious unpredictability proves to be a match for any of her male opponents, and is echoed by Barbara Castle's struggle in the male-dominated House of Commons.
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