The Mighty Redcar (2018)
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United Kingdom
How it feels
This documentary series follows young people living in a town hit by high unemployment after a steelworks closure. It shows their daily lives, struggles, and aspirations without sensationalizing their situation.
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What happens
The Mighty Redcar is a 2018 British documentary series first aired on BBC Two. Marketed by the BBC as a "real-life soap opera", the four part series focuses on young people from the town of Redcar and nearby Grangetown, an area with high unemployment following the 2015 closure of SSI Redcar steelworks. The show was praised for its portrayal of the area and for avoiding the "poverty porn" stereotypes associated with similar documentaries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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