Peterloo

Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh portrays one of the bloodiest episodes in British history, the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819.

When peaceful crowds of 60,000 gather at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester to demand democratic reform and protest poverty, the cavalry charges and kill a number of people, sparking a nationwide outcry but also further government suppression.

Starring Maxine Peake and Rory Kinnear, Mike Leigh brings this historical turning-point to the forefront.