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Apr 5, 2019 · Peterloo: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst. The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
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Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama, written and directed by Mike Leigh, based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The film was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival.
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Sep 6, 2018 · Peterloo is purest Mike Leigh in the best sense: class-conscious, beautifully acted and filmed and a call for social change.
Apr 5, 2019 · In St. Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, in 1819, an assembly of protesters urging parliamentary reform and workers’ rights was set upon by the British cavalry, who killed 18 and wounded nearly 1,000. The massacre, which came to be called Peterloo, can be seen as a foundational milestone of class struggle not just in England but all of ...
Apr 4, 2019 · The new film about the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 is both horrifying and deeply moving. Read TIME's review.
Apr 4, 2019 · Mike Leigh’s “Peterloo,” about a notorious episode of political violence, is for most of its running time a riot of verbal eloquence.
