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Peterloo
2018
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An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
Countries:
GB
Languages:
English
Runtime:
2hrs 34min
Status:
Released
Release date:
2018-11-01
Release format:
Streaming
— Nov 02, 2018
While I still miss the Mike Leigh of such character-based televison plays as Nuts in May and Abigail's Party, he still has time for small character dramatics in this otherwise larger scale true-story account of the 'Massacre at Peterloo.' It's a shocking moment in history, one that I knew little about, and while it is based firmly in the past, there are still echoes of the way upper class governments demoralise and mistreat the working classes of today's society. Shocking and sad, it's a long, sometimes adurous film, but one worth sitting through.