Peterloo 2018
Directed by Mike Leigh | Starring: Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, Rory Kinnear, David Moorst
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.