There will be a film screening of Made in Dagenham followed by a short panel discussion.
Panellists include Dr Roberta McGrath, Associate Lecturer in Photographic Theory and Criticism at Edinburgh Napier University and Dr Piotr Jaworski, lecturer in Economics, Strategy and Operations with the School of Management at Edinburgh Napier University
Made in Dagenham is a 2010 British film directed by Nigel Cole. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Daniel Mays and Richard Schiff. It dramatises the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 that aimed for equal pay for women.
A special Festival discount will apply if tickets are bought for both this film screening and the panel Workers’ Rights in the 21st Century - do we need them?
