Synopsis:
Battle of Orgreave
This film follows the project by conceptual artist Jeremy Deller to
recreate the climactic battle between miners and police in the 1984
miners' strike.
Structured around the preparation for the re-enactment and the
re-enactment itself, the film also uses archive footage from the
actual clash to probe the story of what happened that day, nearly
20 years on. Miners who were involved in the strike returned to
take part in the re-enactment, and they reflect on the events of
that time and the intervening years.
Festivals
Regus London Film Festival, 2001.
Synopsis:
This film follows the project by conceptual artist Jeremy Deller to
recreate the climactic battle between miners and police in the 1984
miners' strike.
Structured around the preparation for the re-enactment and the
re-enactment itself, the film also uses archive footage from the
actual clash to probe the story of what happened that day, nearly
20 years on. Miners who were involved in the strike returned to
take part in the re-enactment, and they reflect on the events of
that time and the intervening years.