Sheffield DocFest To Premiere ‘Strike: An Uncivil War’ About Battle Of Orgreave When U.K. Police Attacked Striking Union Workers; Watch Trailer

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Watch the trailer for the Battle of Orgreave documentary 'Strike: An Uncivil War,' a film directed by Daniel Gordon premiering at Sheffield DocFest.

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Doc Talk Podcast Packs Its Bag For A Trip Around The World With ‘The Reluctant Traveler’s Eugene Levyanniversary of one of the most brutal days in modern British history is about to be observed – the day when a massive deployment of police attacked striking laborers at a coking plant in Orgreave, in South Yorkshire.

At the time, the government of then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as well as news media, held workers responsible for the violent outburst, claiming police had acted in self-defense. There was good reason for the conservative Thatcher government to mislead the public about what had happened; the PM and her party were intent on destroying the power of unions in Great Britain, especially the National Union of Mineworkers.

Independent U.K. distribution and exhibition agency Tull Stories is partnering with VeryMuchSo and Embankment Films to release the documentary in cinemas in the U.K. and Ireland. That will begin with a theatrical preview on Tuesday, June 18, the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Orgreave.will then go wide on Friday, June 21. We have your first look at the film in the trailer above.

 

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