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70 mins \u2013 2020 (Dir. Christopher Reeves)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced and Q&A with Ann Field<\/strong> (SOGAT official during the strike).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A film about the momentous year-long industrial dispute which began in 1986 when Rupert Murdoch plotted to move production of his papers overnight from central London\u2019s Fleet Street to a secretly equipped and heavily guarded plant at Wapping, a docklands district in east London.<\/p>\n

5,500 men and women lost their jobs and centuries of tradition in one of London\u2019s last manufacturing industries came to an end.<\/p>\n

Military-style police tactics, the use of new laws which shackled the unions\u2019 hard won freedoms and strike-breaking organised by the electricians union led to a Murdoch victory.<\/p>\n

The dispute had international ramifications for his expanding press and broadcasting empire in the United States and around the world.<\/p>\n

It took place as the Thatcher government embraced monetarism \u2013 deregulating finance, privatising key industries and undermining local democracy.<\/p>\n

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Winner \u2013 Best Director, Best Documentary Hollywood Hills Film Awards, November 2020<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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