Made in Dagenham 2010
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Overview
Working in extremely impoverished conditions and for long arduous hours, the women at the Ford Dagenham plant finally down tools in 1968 when they are reclassified as “unskilled”. With humour, common sense and courage they take on their U.S. paymasters, an increasingly belligerent local community, and finally the government itself, to strike an everlasting blow for equal pay for women. The catalyst for 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.
