Mike Leigh’s PETERLOO

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Fri, Apr 12, 2019 12:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Fri, Apr 12, 2019 3:05 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Fri, Apr 12, 2019 6:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Fri, Apr 12, 2019 9:35 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, Apr 13, 2019 12:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, Apr 13, 2019 3:05 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, Apr 13, 2019 6:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, Apr 13, 2019 9:15 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, Apr 14, 2019 12:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, Apr 14, 2019 3:05 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, Apr 14, 2019 6:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Mon, Apr 15, 2019 2:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Mon, Apr 15, 2019 5:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Mon, Apr 15, 2019 8:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Tue, Apr 16, 2019 6:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Wed, Apr 17, 2019 1:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Wed, Apr 17, 2019 6:25 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Thu, Apr 18, 2019 2:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Thu, Apr 18, 2019 7:45 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Fri, Apr 19, 2019 2:25 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Sat, Apr 20, 2019 3:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Sun, Apr 21, 2019 6:05 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Mon, Apr 22, 2019 1:40 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Tue, Apr 23, 2019 1:40 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Wed, Apr 24, 2019 1:40 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Thu, Apr 25, 2019 1:40 PM

Description

An epic portrayal of the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where British government forces charged a crowd of over 60,000 gathered to demand political reform and protest rising levels of poverty. Mike Leigh tells the story from key players: those suffering through unemployment and famine in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars on one side; the magistrates and military authorities on the other. He is scathing in his depiction of the powers that be, but reserves most of his attention for the protesters, out-of-work textile workers, and political reformers advocating for their right to vote. Peterloo was a defining moment in British democracy, and Leigh weaves a powerful portrait of how people take a stand for political change. (UK, 2019, 154 mins., PG-13, English | Dir. Mike Leigh)