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Dockers is a 1999 British feature-length television drama produced for Channel 4 about the struggles of a small group of Liverpool dockers who were sacked and subsequently spent nearly 2 and a half years picketing during the Liverpool Dockers' Strike of 1995 to 1998.
Dockers: Directed by Bill Anderson. With Ken Stott, Crissy Rock, Katy Lamont, Kristopher Lundon. A father and son become caught up in the conflict when British dockworkers refuse to work overtime for no pay, resulting in the firing of 500 employees and a two-year stand-off.
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- Drama
- Bill Anderson
- 1999-07-11
Feb 18, 2019 · 23K views 4 years ago. A father and son become caught up in the conflict when British dockworkers refuse to work overtime for no pay, resulting in the firing of 500 employees and a...
- 88 min
- 23.3K
- Retrospective - Classic Movies
Jimmy McGovern's heartfelt tribute to the unfairly dismissed Liverpool dockers is at once both a passionate, tragic and gritty film and a valuable sociological and historical learning tool for future generations.
- Bill Anderson
A father and son become caught up in the conflict when British dockworkers refuse to work overtime for no pay, resulting in the firing of 500 employees and a two-year stand-off.
- Drama
- Ricky Tomlinson
- Bill Anderson
Jimmy McGovern's depiction of the mid 90s Liverpool dockers strike. Featuring script contributions from Irvine Welsh and the real dockers themselves.
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A striking Channel Four production Dockers dramatises the infamous struggle that developed when five Merseyside dockworkers were fired for refusing to work overtime with no pay, and gained the support of co-workers who wouldn't cross their picket line.
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