Dockers (film)

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Dockers
Dockers title screenshot.jpg
Written by Jimmy McGovern
Irvine Welsh
Directed by Bill Anderson
Starring Ken Stott
Crissy Rock
Katy Lamont
Ricky Tomlinson
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Sally Hibbin
Running time 91 minutes[1]
Production company(s) Prism Leisure
Release
Original network Channel 4
Picture format 16:9 576i
Audio format Stereo
Original release 11 July 1999 (1999-07-11)
External links
Website

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 2 years picketing during the Liverpool Dockers' Strike of 1995 to 1998.

Although the credited screenwriters for the drama were Liverpool screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh the drama was largely written by sacked dock workers and previous union members under the supervision of the two screenwriters. This unusual writing method was considered an experiment in 'democratic television' and was documented in a separate channel 4 documentary, Writing the Wrongs.

Plot

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Production

Writing

A group of genuine dockers held regular workshops with the production team.[2]

References

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External links

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