Still the Enemy Within
Fim Screening
Still the Enemy Within (2014)
Friday 03 May 2024 7pm
‘Still the Enemy Within’ : The Anniversary of the Miners Strike 1984 – 85
Film Screening with:
SIAN JAMES – ‘Women Against Pit Closures’, former MP for Swansea East
MIKE SIMONS – Executive Producer
Tickets £8 waged / £4 unwaged, students
Film Screening with:
SIAN JAMES – ‘Women Against Pit Closures’, former MP for Swansea East
MIKE SIMONS – Executive Producer
Tickets £8 waged / £4 unwaged, students
Doors Open at 6:30PM
Starts at 7:00PM
Starts at 7:00PM
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‘Still the Enemy Within’ is a unique insight into one of history’s most dramatic events: the 1984-85 British Miners’ Strike. No experts. No politicians. Forty years on, this is the raw first-hand experience of those who lived through the UK’s longest strike.
In 1984, a conservative government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared war on the unions, taking on the strongest in the country, the National Union of Mineworkers. Following a secret plan, the government began announcing the closure of coal mines, threatening not just an industry but whole communities and a way of life.
Against all the forces the government could throw at them, 160 000 coal miners took up the fight and became part of a battle that would change the course of history. Still the Enemy Within tells the story of a group of miners and supporters who were on the frontline of the strike for an entire year. These were the people Margaret Thatcher labelled ‘the Enemy Within’. Many of them have never spoken on camera before.
Using interviews and a wealth of rare and never before seen archive, Still the Enemy Within draws together personal experiences – whether they’re tragic, funny or terrifying – to take the audience on an emotionally powerful journey through the dramatic events of that year.
From the infamous Battle of Orgreave, where miners found themselves in a brutal confrontation with over five thousand police, to the hardship endured after almost a year on strike – their story is not just one of personal drama but one that shaped the world we live in today.
‘Still the Enemy Within’ is ultimately a tale of working class people standing up for what they believe in. It challenges us to look again at our past so that in the words of one miner, “we can still seek to do something about the future”.
‘Still the Enemy Within’ is a unique insight into one of history’s most dramatic events: the 1984-85 British Miners’ Strike. No experts. No politicians. Forty years on, this is the raw first-hand experience of those who lived through the UK’s longest strike.
In 1984, a conservative government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared war on the unions, taking on the strongest in the country, the National Union of Mineworkers. Following a secret plan, the government began announcing the closure of coal mines, threatening not just an industry but whole communities and a way of life.
Against all the forces the government could throw at them, 160 000 coal miners took up the fight and became part of a battle that would change the course of history. Still the Enemy Within tells the story of a group of miners and supporters who were on the frontline of the strike for an entire year. These were the people Margaret Thatcher labelled ‘the Enemy Within’. Many of them have never spoken on camera before.
Using interviews and a wealth of rare and never before seen archive, Still the Enemy Within draws together personal experiences – whether they’re tragic, funny or terrifying – to take the audience on an emotionally powerful journey through the dramatic events of that year.
From the infamous Battle of Orgreave, where miners found themselves in a brutal confrontation with over five thousand police, to the hardship endured after almost a year on strike – their story is not just one of personal drama but one that shaped the world we live in today.
‘Still the Enemy Within’ is ultimately a tale of working class people standing up for what they believe in. It challenges us to look again at our past so that in the words of one miner, “we can still seek to do something about the future”.
