Learning from the Miners Strike

Dir. various, 1984

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Wed 7 February 2007 // 19:30 / Cinema

Coal Not Dole: Miners Campaign Tapes

This collection of 10 'trigger tapes' vivdly shows the mass struggles of the 1984 Miners Striker, with footage from various film groups across Britain. The concise but incisive analysis of politics, the role of the media and the police ta the time remain as relevant as ever.


Dave Douglass, a local miner who appears in the films, will talk about what they mean for our struggles today (tbc)