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 Boards Butchery
3. Solidarity
4. Straight Speaking
5. The Lie Machine
6. Only Doing Their Jobs
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