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miners – Frontline Club http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com Championing Independent Journalism Fri, 03 Oct 2014 20:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Preview Screening: Still the Enemy Within + Q&A http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/still-the-enemy-within/ http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/still-the-enemy-within/#respond Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:57:26 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/?p=44792 Owen Gower and producer Mark Lacey. ]]> This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Owen Gower and producer Mark Lacey.

 

In 1984, a Conservative government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared war on Britain’s unions, including the National Union of Mineworkers. The closure of coal mines was announced, not only threatening an industry, but whole communities.

The government used all means available to fight the 160,000 coal miners that took to the street. Those who stood on the front line of the strike for an entire year were labelled ‘the Enemy Within’ by Thatcher. These miners became part of a battle that has shaped Britain today

Still the Enemy Within is a unique insight into the 1984–85 British Miners’ Strike, told through unique archive footage and the raw first-hand experiences of those who lived through Britain’s longest strike.

Directed by Owen Gower
Duration: 112
Year: 2014

]]> http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/still-the-enemy-within/feed/ 0 The week ahead at the Frontline Club: From revolution to escaping Bolivia’s tin mines http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/the_week_ahead_at_the_frontline_club_from_revolution_to_escaping_bolivias_tin_mines/ http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/the_week_ahead_at_the_frontline_club_from_revolution_to_escaping_bolivias_tin_mines/#respond Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:28:37 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=4390 Join us tonight as we will bring the focus back to Tunisia and Egypt where the Arab Spring began. We will be discussing how successful these revolutions have been and what more needs to be done before the protesters get their wish for democracy.
 
Filmmaker John D McHugh will take part in a Q&A following a double-bill screening of Endgame, which looks at the US presence in Afghanistan and Bahrain: Fighting for Change, which was filmed in late February and documents the uprising in the country. We will also be showing a double-bill by Director Rodrigo Vazquez, Child Miners and Teenage Miners, follow the story of poverty-stricken children forced to work in Bolivia’s tin mines.

There are still tickets available for September’s First Wednesday Special discussing the impact of 9/11 on our world today and how it will continue to shape our future. Full details will be announced tomorrow.

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