A celebration of the iron-willed women who maintained the 1984/85 Miners' Strike as they fought for the future of their communities.
This is the inspiring story of working-class women who found themselves at the forefront of a battle against the British state. From Scotland down to Kent, women from the coalfields shed light on their experiences of the year long struggle and how they became the backbone of the Strike. With many still active today, their actions reshaped the landscape of political activism for working-class women. Raising money to support striking workers, picketing, collecting food for food parcels, organising, speaking at rallies, and feeding hundreds of hungry families every day at the strike centres were just some of the things the women did to sustain the strike. ‘There have been plenty of films about the Miners’ Strike, but we believe there is space for a film dedicated to women who contributed so much’. says director Daniel Draper.
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