In 1984 a group of independent film and video makers decided to show their support for the miners' strike using the tools they had available: their cameras. On the picket lines at the marches and in the soup kitchens they recorded the testimonies of striking miners their wives and supporters in a fight against the anti-strike propaganda dominating the mainstream media. The videos that they produced are now available for the first time since the close of that devastating dispute. A testament to solidarity and activism the Tapes tackle issues which continue to occupy... us today: the right to demonstrate police tactics political double-speak the role of the media. They are a crucial document of a cataclysmic episode of British history. Part 1 - Not Just Tea and Sandwiches (Subtitle is: Miners' Wives Speak Out) - 12 mins Part 2 - The Coal Board's Butchery (Subtitle is: No Pit is Safe) - 14 mins Part 3 - Solidarity (Subtitle is: Trade Unions Support the Miners) - 13 mins Part 4 - Straight Speaking (Subtitle is: The Facts Behind the Miners' Strike) - 12 mins Part 5 - The Lie Machine (Subtitle is: The Media and the Miners' Strike) - 16 mins Part 6 - Only Doing Their Job? About police tactics and behaviour - 25 mins [show more]
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A collection of short films giving an inside view of the 1984/5 miners' strike. Various independent filmmakers decided to show their support for the miners' strike using the tools they had available: their cameras. On the picket lines, at the marches and in the soup kitchens, they recorded the testimonies of striking miners, their wives and supporters, in a fight against the anti-strike propaganda that dominated the mainstream media. The films they produced are a crucial document of a cataclysmic episode of British history, which ended in defeat for the miners and for the trade union movement as a whole.
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