Misbehaviour
Synopsis
In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly-formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition. Not only that, when the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favourite but Miss Grenada - the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of film
- Features
- Director
- Philippa Lowthorpe
- Producer
- Suzanne Mackie, Sarah-Jane Wheale
- Executive Producer
- Andy Harries, Rebecca Frayn, Cameron McCracken, Jenny Borgars, Rose Garnett, Natascha Wharton, Andrea Scarso
- Editor
- Una Ni Dhonghaile
- Screenwriter
- Rebecca Frayn, Gaby Chiappe
- Director of Photography
- Zac Nicholson
- Production Designer
- Cristina Casali
- Principal Cast
- Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Suki Waterhouse, Greg Kinnear, Lesley Manville, Keeley Hawes, Rhys Ifans, Phyllis Logan
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 2nd May 2019
