Made in Dagenham

On Monday 27th September 2010 we went to the Empire Cinemas in Leicester Square to watch the upcoming film 'Made in Dagenham'.

The narrative of the film is about a group of working class women working at the Ford Dagenham assembly plant in 1968 and not getting the same pay as the men.

They get inspired and decide to go on strike which affects the company and soon leads to parliament. After the successful campaign their wish comes to pass two years later.

When the film finished we were lucky to speak to the producer Stephen Woolley who has worked on the film 'The Crying Game'.  He spoke to us about how he got to were he is and his passion for films.

Some things he told us about pre production - production was that it took four years to get the whole script together and that most of the shooting wasn't in Dagenham.

The original film name is titled 'We Want Sex' and is it's name in most European countries but was disallowed in Britain by authorities.

     
I personally enjoyed the film because of its humour, characters and narrative. Despite the fact it is a drama and tells us history of what happened in Dagenham in the past, Stephen still manages to put humour into it making it more enjoyable and interesting for the younger audience.

They also manage to represent working class people as hard working people which many films and TV documentaries don't but represent them as lazy and stupid.

I also come from Dagenham so I found it easy to be interested and related to many of the characters as I felt I knew them even though I never.