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Mike Leigh on Peterloo

The acclaimed writer and director talks about the creation of his major new historical epic

Mike Leigh at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in 2014. (Photo by dpa picture alliance / Alamy Stock Photo)

The acclaimed writer and director talks about the creation of his major new historical epic, which explores the events of the Peterloo Massacre of 1819

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