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The Pawnshop - True Story Jola and Wiesiek, a couple of extraordinary entrepreneurs, run the biggest pawnshop in south Poland. However, it's best days are behind it, and with the closure of nearby mines and growing…

"tragic, heartwarming...Visually appealing static shots capture the protagonists in this deprived neighborhood at their most vulnerable, surrounded by every imaginable kind of treasure and trash." #IDFA

www.truestory.film/the-pawnshop

Iron Ladies, our documentary about the iron-willed women who maintained the 84/85 Miners’ Strike, screens in Liverpool 4-weeks today.

📍FACT Cinema
🕰️ 7pm

🎙️Includes a post film Q&A with Abi O’Connor & Rose Hunter (North Staffs Miners’ Wives Action Group)

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Reichardt, Lanthimos, del Toro, Springsteen… and wee documentary called Iron Ladies!

Our film arrives in Broadway Nottingham next week, playing over three days.

21st Oct screening includes a Q&A with @louise-reganneu.bsky.social & Sue Piotrowski

Tickets: broadway.org.uk/whats-on/iron-…

Iron Ladies review - working-class heroines of the Miners' Strike The enduring image of the 1984-1985 Miners' Strike is that of men standing arm in arm against police and of mass protests devolving into mayhem – with protesters being beaten and knocked to the ground...

★★★★ IRON LADIES - Documentary salutes the staunch women who fought Thatcher's pit closures, the working-class heroines of the #MinersStrike - review by Justine Elias theartsdesk.com/film/iron-la...

Thanks to all the lovely people who came out to see Iron Ladies in Manchester and Newcastle last night ✊🎬

Next stop: York (tomorrow)

Dates, info and tickets: linktr.ee/shutouttheli...

Semi detached suburban house in north Liverpool

I wrote about this house and a memory evoked by Patti Smith’s Birdland at the Lond Palladium. You can read it in the current edition of Science & Magic. Available here along with my previous 9 Magnetic North musings:

www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...

The Iron Ladies who found themselves at the forefront of the Miners' Strike The Iron Ladies who found themselves at the forefront of the Miners' Strike

The 'Iron Ladies' will be screened at venues around the North East

Thanks for taking the time to watch and review our film… we will really appreciate it!

A documentary about the women involved in the 1984-1985 miners strike in the UK was absolutely made for me.

It's impossible not to be inspired by these awesome women, who took on Thatcher and persevered against enormous odds.

IRON LADIES will inspire you with the fervor of activism that we all need right now — Moviejawn by Fiona Underhill, Staff Writer Daniel Draper’s new documentary on the Iron Ladies, who took on the police and the government, follows a group of women organizing events to commemorate the 40th anni...

MJ's @fionaunderhill.bsky.social says, "The Iron Ladies are determined to inspire younger generations of women to similar action, and you will certainly feel that by the end of this essential documentary, which we really need at this current moment."

#IronLadies is now playing in select theaters.

🎥 We're excited to share that footage from Amber Films features in "The Iron Ladies", a new documentary on the women who organised and led during the 1984–85 Miners’ Strike.

Want to see on the big screen? The doc is screening at Tyneside Cinema on 16 Oct
🎟 tynesidecinema.co.uk/event/...

Here to add some #inspiration to your potentially drizzly weekend IRON LADIES is in UK and Irish cinemas from today!

The new #documentary shining a light on the incredible women who fought during the 1984–85 Miners' Strike and continue the good fight today

#ironladiesdoc

Iron Ladies (2025) Out now in Selected Cinemas Out now in select cinemas is Iron Ladies, an endearing documentary about the fearsome Women Against Pit Closures. Read Mark's review on the geek show.

Out now in select cinemas is Iron Ladies, an endearing documentary about the fearsome Women Against Pit Closures.

Read Mark's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/iron-ladies-...

Some nice responses to Iron Ladies.

In UK cinemas now✊🎬

Dates and tickets: linktr.ee/shutoutthelight

Not yet, but we’re working on it!

Iron Ladies is out in UK cinemas today🎬

First Q&A screening: Parkway Cinema in Barnsley with the legendary Betty Cook✊

Info and tickets: linktr.ee/shutouttheli...

Thanks for taking the time to watch and review our film!

Iron Ladies - The Reviews Hub Director: Daniel Draper One of the most significant events in postwar history, the Miner’s Strike of 1984 has fundamentally shaped Britain today as the consequences of deindustrialisation and the fail...

#FILM #REVIEW Iron Ladies
@strikemediaglobal.bsky.social
'places their contribution in a lifetime of political protest, revealing the deep scars that remain.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/iron-ladies/

Iron Ladies: women who were the backbone of the miners’ strike Inspirational documentary tracks down those involved in the 1984 dispute to discover how it changed their lives

Iron Ladies: women who were the backbone of the miners’ strike - www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/iron...

Iron Ladies,a feature documentary about women and the Miners’ Strike, comes to Manchester later this month on

📆 16th Oct

🎙️Q&A with Lorraine Stansbie (Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures) & Bernadette Hyland (@lippysocialist)

Info & tickets: homemcr.org/whats-on/iron-

... And we are delighted to host you!

YouTube video by Shut Out The Light Films Iron Ladies | Official Trailer

Iron Ladies, a new film about the Women Against Pit Closures movement from @sotl-films.bsky.social It features the great Betty Cook. Cinematic screenings are taking place throughout the autumn with Q&A. Link in the comments for list of dates and cinemas.

Iron Ladies, our feature documentary about women and the Miners’ Strike, arrives in Newcastle later this month

📍Tyneside Cinema

📆 16th Oct

🎙️Q&A with Heather Wood, @LauraPidcock & Joanie Crump

Info and tickets: tynesidecinema.co.uk/event/iron-l...

Event!
Writing Place.
Jeff Young and Catherine Cole discuss their recent books in the Library Reading Room of Liverpool’s Athenaeum.

Thursday, October 16 · 6 - 7:30pm

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-pl...

Iron Ladies; our feature documentary about the working-class women who maintained the 84/85 Miners’ Strike arrives in cinemas from 10th Oct✊🎬

Info and tickets: linktr.ee/shutouttheli...

Thrilled that the first screening of Iron Ladies in Scotland will be at the Central Scotland Documentary Festival.

#CSDF25 🎬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

📍Macrobert Arts Centre
📆 29th October
🎙️Q&A with contributor Linda Erskine

Info and ticket link: www.macrobertartscentre.org/shows/736027...

This Friday…

#LiverpoolStory plays at the Shakespeare North Playhouse.

Includes a short film and Q&A - not bad for a fiver!

Tickets: shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/film-liv…

YouTube video by Shut Out The Light Films Liverpool Story | Voices on the Landscape | Jeff Young

"Liverpool is always more beautiful in the rain."
Jeff Young discusses his relationship with the city.
An outtake from feature documentary, Liverpool Story,
available to stream on True Story now: www.truestory.film/liverpool-...
@sotl-films.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqmo...

List of confirmed Iron Ladies screenings.

More to come.

Link to tickets: linktr.ee/shutouttheli...

Thanks to everyone who came to the #LiverpoolStory screening at St. Margaret’s last night.

Next stop: Shakespeare North Playhouse on 19th Sept.

Tickets: shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/film-l...