The Big Meeting (2019)

Directed by

Daniel Draper

Genre

documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary captures the annual Durham Miners' Gala through stories of its past, present and future. It follows people connected to the event to show what it means to them.

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What happens

The Big Meeting is a 2019 documentary film about the yearly Durham Miners' Gala by Liverpool-based film company Shut Out The Light. It was directed by Daniel Draper as a follow-up to 2017 documentary Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast. The film "shows the Gala through narratives that represent the past, present and future of the event". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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