This premiere screening will feature a Q&A panel
Marie Gardiner & Mark Thorburn (Lonely Tower Film and Media)
Heather Wood (Easington)
Mary Stratford (Redhills)
Keith Pattison (Photographer)
Rob Crute (Blackhall)
Cafe/bar open 6pm.
Film start 7pm, followed by Q&A.
Film runtime 102 minutes
Focusing on local voices & the testimony of those that were there, DEFIANT features both the situation within the county, & how wider events including the Battle of Orgreave created shock waves on our streets. It is a story of community, struggle, & a defiant pride that still defines County Durham
A documentary film that captures the in depth story of Durham’s part in the 1984/ 85 Miners’ Strike, including the devastation wrought on our pit communities following the final colliery closures.
ROLL UP, ROLL UP!
We are delighted to announce that in partnership with Redhills Durham, the premiere of
'DEFIANT - County Durham, The Miners' Strike and its Legacy' will be on the 5th of July in the Miners' Hall Durham.
Ticket details here tickets.redhillsdurham.org/event/defian... ✊
Tickets are now available for the premiere of our documentary, Defiant: County Durham, The Miners' Strike and its Legacy which looks at (the old county of) Durham's experience of the Miners' Strike and the continuing effects of deindustrialisation.
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Lovely to spend time today with Weardale Together CIC, Sam Slatcher, Lizzie Lovejoy and more at the Root & Branch Community Café in Stanhope. A fabulous gathering of passionate people, talking about the challenges for community in Weardale. 🤩
Rev Joanne Thorns
TUC report on IWP (in work poverty) in the North east of England from 2024. Two years later the situation is worse
Inspiring chat with the Rev Joanne Thorns this morning. Under the umbrella of 'Communities Together Durham' she works with churches, charities, food banks and more to help stem the tide of failings by our leaders (both local and national). In a fairer world Joanne would have nothing to do…
If lonely moors, abandoned buildings and Wuthering Heights is your thing, you'll love this! 🤩
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The sun is out today... Memories of last year's Big Meeting. Three months to go ✊ #Durham #Mining #Solidarity
THE DURHAM MINERS' GALA
There are no words...
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum memorial
Auschwitz-Birkenau accomodation block interior
Auschwitz-Birkenau artwork showing emaciated prisoners
Auschwitz I entry gate from inside the camp
The scale is terrifying; the repeated message is ‘never again’… and yet.
Auschwitz I gas chamber exterior
Auschwitz I crematorium interior
Auschwitz Birkenau destroyed gas chamber and incinerator
People arrive from all over the world, all with different reasons for being there. For some it is ‘on the Trip Advisor list’, others because they wish to learn, pay witness and absorb the atmosphere of such a place. For many more it is a duty and a pilgrimage.
Entrance gate to Auschwitz I Nazi Concerntration Camp
Entrance gate of Birkenau Auschwitz II Nazi Concertration Camp
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Go things!
The arbeit mach frei sign from auschwitz
Empty tuns of zyklon b
Shoes taken from people as they entered auschwitz
A view of the auschwitz concentration camp with (former) barracks buildings and an empty road leading around
A sombre day
The Orgreave inquiry has now begun. All credit and support to the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign who have campaigned tirelessly for this moment.
The cover of landscape magazine with a purple flower wreath on
Two inner pages showing text and images of dunbar
2 more inner pages of the feature with images and text
Nearly forgot to say, I have a multi-page article in this month's (May edition) of LandScape magazine. This time it's on Dunbar, or 'sunny Dunny' 😊.
Lovely creative time at at Byers Green Primary School today. All part of an exciting Spennymoor Town Council community art bus stop project 😃
'Where's the violence?' Photographer Keith Pattison talking about his time in Easington Colliery on the Durham coast during the 84/85 Miners' Strike. There was violence, but it didn't come from the community. ‘DEFIANT – County Durham, The Miners’ Strike and its Legacy’ film coming soon #Documentary
'Perfume' digital installation showing flowers and the S&DR200 logo
Artist Yann Nguema
Designer Arnaud Doucet
Mother and baby watching 'Perfume' on the walls
Lovely to chat with artist Yann Nguema & Arnaud Doucet from Anima-Lux at Preston Park Museum last week. Yann created 'Perfume' & Arnoud helped to bring it to life. In a world of stresses 'Perfume' is immersive & allows you to stop, rest & take a beat. It is soooo beautiful 🤩
Even the word Admiral if of Arabic origin!
a window full of drops, black gradient to grey. The title is 'things they don't tell you about grief' and my substack is mariegardiner.substack.com
I wrote a short, sad thing.
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Lovely write up from Tony Henderson about 'Lost & Found - The McLaren Diaries of Thorpe Thewles', a film we produced with Thorpe Thewles History Group. The response has been overwhelming. 🤩
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Ray and Moira are two of the loveliest people you could meet. They generously gave their time and shared their story with us in the hope that it might help them save their house. They're not against regeneration, but they are in a position where they face losing the home
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Lovely to meet siblings Ray and Moira, and their friend Keith, yesterday. Horden's regeneration plan means their childhood home would be demolished and replaced with new housing they couldn't afford. They support regeneration, but not at the cost of the house they've lived in for 60 years.
Fascinating time with Niall Hammond and the team at the historic Heighington Station in County Durham, the world's first purpose built railway station. The Friends of Stockton & Darlington Railway own, and are now restoring the building. A long road ahead, but incredible progress made. #Railways
Stobs Camp in the Scottish Borders. An historic site that comprised an army training camp and a prisoner internement camp - an edit from our filming, more info here www.stobscamp.org
Filming recently 'The Hope Brigade' - portraits of inspirational women and non- binary people on display at Locomotion Shildon (and elsewhere), as part of S&DR200 and the Women of the World Festival. Thanks to Colette Bailey, Cat Foley and Ree Kirkbride for chatting on Camera 🤩
Inspiring time at Spennymoor Town Council Town Hall today for International Womens'Day. Brilliant speakers and exhibition. Thank you everyone.
