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Generation Right

Synopsis: 

Nearly a quarter century after it ended, the UK remains profoundly changed by Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Michelle Coomber's archive rich film is a timely reminder of how Thatcher decisively set about implementing a profound sea change in the United Kingdom in order to create “a climate of opportunity and enterprise”. The vast number of changes her government introduced led to a period of prolonged bitterness, record unemployment and crime for much of the country. As interviewees like Michael Howard talk about winners vs losers, David Blunkettt notes that "all of us who lived through the premiership of Margaret Thatcher remember the complete disconnect between what she said she wanted for Britain and what was really happening." Her legacy lives on in the politics of today; indeed Thatcher noted with considerable pride that her greatest legacy was the creation of New Labour. 

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00:41:00
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AWARDS



Winner - Best of Show: Impact Doc Awards

Winner - Award of Excellence: Impact Doc Awards

Winner - Gold Award: Oregon Film Awards

Winner - Silver Award: Spotlight Documentary Film Awards



 

SCREENINGS



Sheffield Docfest 

East End Film Festival 

Bergen International Film Festival

Aberdeen Film Festival

Equinox Film Festival

Liverpool Lift-Off

Cincinnati Film Festibal

Docutah

Sydney World Film Festival

The Dukes Cinema, UK

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