A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
- Nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards
- 3 wins & 17 nominations total
- Brian
- (as Matt Aubrey)
- George
- (as Roger Lloyd-Pack)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThree of the original Dagenham seamstresses invited Sally Hawkins for tea, prior to the filming, as they wished to inform her properly about mindset behind the strike, that she was set to portray in the film. Hawkins' grandmother also worked as a seamstress, although not at the Dagenham factory.
- GoofsThe Union chiefs announce their loyalty to the Communist Party yet communists were banned from holding office in the TGWU at that time.
- Quotes
Eddie O'Grady: Christ, I like a drink, but I ain't out on the beer every night or screwin' other women, or... 'Ere, I've never once raised me hand to you. Ever. Or the kids.
Rita O'Grady: Christ.
Eddie O'Grady: What? Why are you looking like that?
Rita O'Grady: Right. You're a saint now, is that what you're tellin' me, Eddie? You're a bleedin' saint? 'Cause you give us an even break?
Eddie O'Grady: What are you saying?
Rita O'Grady: That is as it should be. Jesus, Eddie! What do you think this strike's all been about, eh? Oh yeah. Actually you're right. You don't go on the drink, do ya? You don't gamble, you join in with the kids, you don't knock us about. Oh, lucky me. For Christ's sake, Eddie, that's as it should be! You try and understand that. Rights, not privileges. It's that easy. It really bloody is.
- Crazy creditsCaptions in the closing credits: "Two years later in May 1970 the Equal Pay Act became law. Similar legislation quickly followed in most industrial countries across the world. Ford Motor Company Limited went on to effect changes in its employment practices and is now used as an example of a good practice employer."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Breakfast: Episode dated 20 September 2010 (2010)
- SoundtracksIsraelites
Written by Desmond Dekker (as Dekker)
Performed by Desmond Dekker and The Aces
Published by Universal / Island Music Ltd and Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd
Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd
Sally Hawkins is a revelation as Rita who becomes the striking machinists' spokeswoman; her speeches to co-workers, union chiefs, management and the press all start out tremulous and gain in confidence as she hits her stride. Geraldine James who usually plays upper-class ladies (I'm still trying to forgive and forget her breast-feeding David Walliams in Little Britain!) here plays a kind of 'upper-working-class' woman with a husband still shell-shocked from WW2. John Sessions does a Spitting Image turn as Harold Wilson, and Miranda Richardson morphs her Blackadder Elizabeth I into a fiery Barbara Castle (dressed by C&A).
In my Gap Year (date withheld) I worked in a Sussex factory that had a sewing-room. The movie gets the atmosphere exactly right but I don't think working women were quite as free with the f-word back then as they are in this script. The end credits run against pictures of the original Dagenham strikers who all look like clones of Corrie's Ena Sharples and Florrie Linley. Some of the film machinists are more Carnaby Street than Coronation Street, but that's OK. These girls make you laugh, they occasionally bring a lump to your throat, but most of all they make you want to cheer.
A small slice of 1960s history, this film packs a big punch. Do not miss it.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Cuộc Chiến Nhân Quyền
- Filming locations
- Hoover Factory - disused, Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr, Wales, UK(Ford Works - Dagenham)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,095,369
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $37,563
- Nov 21, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $12,629,471
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1