Independent film company. Six feature documentaries released in the UK to date. Current project: Iron Ladies

Liverpool
Joined July 2014
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Not to be missed, a chance to see the wonderful @SOTL_Films 'Iron Ladies' on a giant outdoor cinema. Event free, even the fish and chips are. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/gft…
BREAKING| It's back! 🚨 Our giant outdoor cinema returns to the pier for @The_TUC. Join us on 13 September, for a special screening of the wonderful Iron Ladies as part of our Congress social. 🐟 🍟Free Fish and Chips 🍿🎥🎬Giant outdoor cinema RSVP below 👇
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BREAKING| It's back! 🚨 Our giant outdoor cinema returns to the pier for @The_TUC. Join us on 13 September, for a special screening of the wonderful Iron Ladies as part of our Congress social. 🐟 🍟Free Fish and Chips 🍿🎥🎬Giant outdoor cinema RSVP below 👇
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During the #MinersStrike Liverpool dockers collected food and funds in solidarity with striking miners.
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Happy birthday to Paul Robeson — pro athlete, actor, singer, civil rights activist, and socialist — born on this day in 1898. When he traveled abroad, Robeson made a point to sing for workers. Here he is performing ‘Joe Hill’ to Scottish miners in 1949.
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“Still hate Thatcher.”
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⛱️ Our #SummerSchool will feature a screening of @SOTL_Films's fantastic documentary, Iron Ladies. + a Q&A with the Director, Daniel Draper 🎬 ✊ Register now - gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-s… #GFTUET #GFTU
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Happy 8️⃣0️⃣th birthday to Alan Bleasdale George’s Last Ride, Boys from the Blackstuff - perhaps the BBCs finest work… “Those dreams of long ago - they still give me hope and faith in my class”
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A tram ride through a vanished world. An incredible film showing Liverpool, England, in 1901.
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Film screening: Almost Liverpool 8 - The Holburne Museum holburne.org/events/film-scr…
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Piracy is the most effective way to preserve movie history, whether you like it or not... Especially older obscure films... Great filmmakers understand that fact... Werner Herzog is certainly one of them. There are millions of cinephiles today who wouldn't have been exposed to great films if not for piracy. In countries like India, it is the only way to watch older movies, since the other options are unaffordable for normal working people. Most studios & almost all the streaming platforms don't care about preserving movies, but the pirates do. We are forever indebted to their passion & hard work.
Werner Herzog was on a podcast a few weeks ago defending piracy again: "Piracy is the most succesful form of distribution nowadays. So be it. But films are accessible and this is why very young people discover them" 🎙️ Freakonomics Radio Podcast Ep. 665
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‘Of what use… can be the re-establishment of any form of Irish State if it does not embody the emancipation of womanhood.’ 🖋James Connolly, 1915 Lá Idirnaisiúnta na mBan sona daoibh - Happy International Women’s Day! #IWD2026
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Tomorrow, an inspiring film followed by a Q and A with the director and one of our council candidates
Next Sunday… Iron Ladies - our feature documentary about the amazing working-class women of the @Miners_Strike - plays at the @TheGardenCinema in London📽️🍿 Includes Q&A with @helensclegel & director Dan Draper🎙️ Info & tickets: thegardencinema.co.uk/film/i…
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Happy International Women's Day 2026! 🎉 Today we gathered together to celebrate the achievements of women in the trade union movement and watched the amazing documentary film Iron Ladies by @SOTL_Films Thanks to everyone who joined us for a fantastic event! #IWD2026
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Join us & @No_Sweat oN Friday 27 March @RedhillsDurham for a night of comedy in support of the #DurhamMinersGala. With the legendary Mark Thomas, brilliant County Durham comedian Elaine Robertson & the fabulous Andrew O'Neill (@destructo9000) . Tickets: buytickets.at/marras/1810906
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Happy Birthday, soccer KING!
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#WorldBookDay… “The Golden Light that will be diffused throughout all the happy world from the rays of the risen sun of Socialism.” - @mygibbo reading from Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists A scene from our 2022 documentary, Manifesto.
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On Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birthday, revisit this interview where he talks about fascism and consumer society. «The real fascism doesn’t wear black shirts, it sells progress. Consumer society achieved what fascism couldn’t: erase cultures, uniformize lives, and destroy Italy without anyone noticing. Fascism wasn’t defeated, it was replaced»
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Next Sunday… Iron Ladies - our feature documentary about the amazing working-class women of the @Miners_Strike - plays at the @TheGardenCinema in London📽️🍿 Includes Q&A with @helensclegel & director Dan Draper🎙️ Info & tickets: thegardencinema.co.uk/film/i…
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