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The Rochdale Pioneers is a British film of genre Biography with John McArdle
The Rochdale Pioneers (2012)
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Add to a movie listThe Rochdale Pioneers is a British biographical feature film, released in 2012, that tells the story of the foundation of the first successful cooperative retail store by working class members of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, in 1844. This came at a time of chronic unemployment, poverty, hunger and social inequality, and it was met with prejudice and opposition.
A documentary, The Making of 'The Rochdale Pioneers', was also created to accompany the film.
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^ Jones, Chris (7 September 2012). "Film about Rochdale Pioneers to receive world premiere". Rochdale Observer. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
^ Staff (29 October 2012). "Rochdale Pioneers Museum opens after £2.3m revamp". BBC News Manchester. BBC. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
^ Staff (6 September 2012). "Fact is better than fiction". Rochdale Online. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
^ Staff (1 November 2012). "Story of co-operative movement founders to premiere". ITV Entertainment news. ITV Granada. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
Synopsis
The story is set in 1844 when a group of working-class people from the town of Rochdale came together to change the unfair society they were living in.Actors
John McArdle
(Dr. Dunlope)
John Henshaw
(John Holt)
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