The whole film-
the film is also cut up into sections and can be found on my channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/pabolton?feature=mhee
This is an excellent documentary film showing today the struggle of Miners against Thatcher and the Conservatives. Thatcher has been recently depicted in the Iron Lady as some great feminist. The best part of this film is the miners wives, ordinary women who stood up as equals to fight the Conservatives and led the miners strike on a equal basis with men.
Details of the film------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Youtube][/Youtube]
Miner's Campaign Tapes
Various
Fight. Organise.
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 the striking miners, their wives and supporters, in a fight against anti-strike propaganda dominating the mainstream media.
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.
1 Not Just Tea and Sandwiches
2 The Coal Board's Butchery
3 Solidarity
4 Straight Speaking
5 The Lie Machine
6 Only Doing Their Job?
the film is also cut up into sections and can be found on my channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/pabolton?feature=mhee
This is an excellent documentary film showing today the struggle of Miners against Thatcher and the Conservatives. Thatcher has been recently depicted in the Iron Lady as some great feminist. The best part of this film is the miners wives, ordinary women who stood up as equals to fight the Conservatives and led the miners strike on a equal basis with men.
Details of the film------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Youtube][/Youtube]
Miner's Campaign Tapes
Various
Fight. Organise.
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 the striking miners, their wives and supporters, in a fight against anti-strike propaganda dominating the mainstream media.
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.
1 Not Just Tea and Sandwiches
2 The Coal Board's Butchery
3 Solidarity
4 Straight Speaking
5 The Lie Machine
6 Only Doing Their Job?