Dagenham, England, 1968. An ordinary woman fights for equal pay and achieves something extraordinary.

Golden Village is offering preview tickets to an exclusive screening of Made In Dagenham, on Wednesday March 23rd, 7pm at Cinema Europa ,Vivocity.

The film, from the director of Calendar Girls, stars Bob Hoskins and Sally Hawkins and is based on the true story of the the 1968 women’s strike at the Ford auto factory in Dagenham, east London.

A group of female sewing machinists staged a walk-out when they found out they were classified as “unskilled workers” while their male counterparts were considered skilled, and hence got paid much more for doing the same job.

The women stopped work for three weeks, and demanded equal pay for equal work. Their strike fast-tracked Britain’s Equal Pay Act of 1970 which made it illegal for employers to apply different pay scales to male and female staff. Read more about the Dagenham women’s strike here.

The advance screening will be followed by a dialogue session called Blog Aloud. Led by AWARE’s president Nicole Tan and honourary secretary Lindy Ong. Nicole and Lindy will discuss the film and explore the greater issue of workplace gender equality.

Date: Wednesday 23rd March
Time: 7pm (Movie Screening), 8:55pm (Blog Aloud dialogue session)
Venue: Cinema Europa GV Vivocity
Tickets: $10. They can be bought online here.