Director Mike Leigh’s film covers the true-life events that took place in St Peter’s Field, Manchester, in 1819. Radical orator Henry Hunt was speaking to a crowd of around 80,000 people, eager for democratic reform. British government forces charged the demo and tried to arrest Hunt. More cavalry men charged – 15 people were killed… Life Far From Sweet In The Trailer for Mike Leigh’s True-Life Tale Peterloo Read More