TOWNSEND PRODUCTIONS presents

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A promotional video can be found here >> We Are The Lions Mr Manager

We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager!’ is the remarkable story of Jayaben Desai the inspirational leader of the 1976-78 Grunwick Film Processing Factory Strike.

She brought the issue of workplace exploitation and racism to the fore, challenged the perception of Asian women being inherently passive and docile, whilst having the measure of the most brutish and charmless of her managers, telling them:

“What you are running here is not a factory, it is a zoo. But in a zoo there are many types of animals. Some are monkeys who dance on your fingertips, others are lions who can bite your head off. We are the lions, Mr. Manager!”

She was recently included in the Radio 4 Women’s Hour Power List as one of the women who have had the biggest impact on women’s lives over the past 70 years.

More details on the play can be found by following this link We Are The Lions Mr Manager

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