Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham: Rosamund Pike

Made in Dagenham

Cast: Rosamund Pike, Miranda Richardson, Bob Hoskins, Sally Hawkins, Richard Schiff, Daniel Mays, Robbie Kay, Geraldine James, Andrea Risenborough, Jaime Winstone

Made in Dagenham is a British film directed by Nigel Cole. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike and Jaime Winstone. The film's theme song, with lyrics by Billy Bragg, is performed by Sandie Shaw, herself a former Dagenham Ford worker.

The film is a dramatisation of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike at the Ford Dagenham assembly plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination and the desire for equal pay. The walkout was instrumental in the Equal Pay Act 1970. The women did not actually work at the Dagenham assembly plant but a mile or so away on the other side of the rail tracks at the River Plant (a collection of sheds) on Sammy Williams land near Dagenham Dock Station. The Halewood-based women also joined the strike.

Fugitive Pieces

Fugitive Pieces: Rosamund Pike

Fugitive Pieces

Cast: Stephen Dillane, Rade Sherbedgia, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet Zurer, Robbie Kay, Ed Stoppard, Rachelle Lefevre

Fugitive Pieces is a powerful, poetic, and emotionally-charged drama about love, loss and redemption. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during WW II. As a child in Poland he is orphaned during wartime then saved by a compassionate, Greek archeologist. He then spends the rest of his life trying to come to terms with the losses he has endured. Through his writing, and then through the discovery of true love, Jakob is ultimately freed from the legacy of his past. Fugitive Pieces is based on the beloved best-selling novel by award winning writer Anne Michaels.

Fugitive Pieces is a Canada/Greece co-production between Canada’s Serendipity Point Films, Athens-based Cinegram S.A. and Strada Productions. The film is co-produced by Sandra Cunningham, Dionyssis Samiotis and Takis Veremis. The film is financed by Serendipity Point Films, Telefilm Canada, Astral Media, Corus Entertainment, The Harold Greenberg Fund and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.