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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Its documentary-like immediacy, crowded civic spaces and unsentimental attention to ordinary people caught in political repression closely echo Peterloo’s collective historical force.
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Why this pick
Like Peterloo, it patiently follows civilians toward a real protest-day catastrophe, using a tense, ground-level style rather than heroic historical pageantry.
03
Why this pick
A richly observed account of labour solidarity and state-backed intimidation, with the same sympathy for working communities organizing under mounting threat.
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Why this pick
This worker-centred period drama shares Peterloo’s interest in hardship, political awakening and the complicated human texture behind collective action.
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Why this pick
Though contemporary, its close attention to precarious workers finding a public voice carries the same compassionate, politically alert spirit as Peterloo.
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01 / THE STORY
Joseph is a young soldier, returning home traumatized following the Battle of Waterloo. With the war over, there is still unrest in the North of England, caused by the hardships of working people who suffer unemployment, bad harvests and restrictions on corn imports. As leading radicals are imprisoned, under the constant presence of the military, anti-government sentiment sets in, and Joseph alongside his family, join with thousands of citizens at the protest at St. Peter's Field.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Lady Conyngham
Lord Liverpool, the Prime Minister
Abusive Bystander
Tuke, the painter
Abusive Bystander
Swordsmith
Nellie
Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
