An Uncivil War (2024)

Original title

Strike: An Uncivil War

Directed by

Daniel Gordon

Genre

documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

15

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the Battle of Orgreave during the 1984-1985 UK miners' strike. It uses interviews and old footage including a miner's personal camcording.

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What happens

Strike: An Uncivil War is a 2024 documentary film from director Daniel Gordon about the Battle of Orgreave, which took place during the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike. As well as interviews, the film makes use of archival footage from the Northeast Film Archive, the Yorkshire Film Archive, the NUM, as well as footage recorded by a miner "who went to Orgreave on the day and filmed with a little VHS camcorder". Prior to its general release the film was screened at the 2024 Sheffield DocFest documentary film festival, where it was awarded that year's 'Audience Choice' award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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