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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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- Drama, History
- Mike Leigh
- 2019-04-05
Apr 5, 2019 · Peterloo. 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 ...
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Sep 1, 2018 · Peterloo was eventually the seed of reform, and rooting out the political mendacity and bad faith that underpinned the massacre inspired a new wave of national journalism, giving rise to this ...
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. [3] [4] The film received its UK premiere on 17 October 2018, as part of the BFI London Film Festival, at ...
- $1.9 million
- Gary Yershon
- $18 million
- Georgina Lowe
Apr 4, 2019 · 'Peterloo' isn't Mike Leigh's best film, says Peter Travers, but his recreation of an 1819 massacre still feels timely, urgent. Our review.
Sep 6, 2018 · 5 September 2018. By Caryn James,Features correspondent. Amazon Studios. A new film about the tragedy is ‘purest Mike Leigh in the best sense’ and ‘should resonate in the present’, writes critic...
Apr 5, 2019 · In 1819 a cavalry charge on a peaceful protest at St. Peter's Field in Manchester, England, results in the Peterloo Massacre. Director Mike Leigh Producer Gail Egan, Lizzie Francke, Peter Hampden ...
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- History, Drama
- PG-13
