Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham
Directed byNigel Cole
Written byWilliam Ivory
Based onEqual pay for women during the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn de Borman
Edited byMichael Parker
Music byDavid Arnold
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • 11 September 2010 (2010-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 1 October 2010 (2010-10-01) (United Kingdom)
Running time
113 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£5 million[2]
Box office$12.3 million[3]

Made in Dagenham is a 2010 British comedy-drama film directed by Nigel Cole, written by William Ivory, and starring Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Daniel Mays and Richard Schiff. It dramatises the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 that aimed for equal pay for women. Its theme song, with lyrics by Billy Bragg, is performed by Sandie Shaw, a native of the area and former Ford Dagenham clerk.

A stage musical version of the film opened at London's Adelphi Theatre in 2014.

  1. ^ "MADE IN DAGENHAM | British Board of Film Classification". Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Made in Dagenham: interview with producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen". The Daily Telegraph. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  3. ^ Made in Dagenham at Box Office Mojo