Strike: An Uncivil War

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".[2]

Strike: An Uncivil War
The film's poster. A black-and-white photograph with a small group of miners in the foreground with a large group of police offers charging forward towards them from a distance. Overlayed in red text is the film's title with the caption "The battle that changed Britian forever"
Film poster
Directed byDaniel Gordon
CinematographyMichael Timney
Edited byKevin Konak
Music byTim Atack
Running time
111 minutes
LanguageEnglish[1]

Prior to its general release the film was screened at the 2024 Sheffield DocFest documentary film festival,[3] where it was awarded that year's 'Audience Choice' award.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Strike: An Uncivil Ware". BBFC. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  2. ^ Korossi, Georgia (2024-07-09). "'There was no Twitter back then to post what happened on the picket line': how a new film tells the story of the Battle of Orgreave". BFI. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  3. ^ Baynes, Chris (2024-06-04). "Festival premiere for Battle of Orgreave film". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  4. ^ "Strike: An Uncivil War wins Audience Award at the 2024 Sheffield DocFest". Sheffield DocFest. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
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