The Big Meeting

The Big Meeting (2019)

Every second Saturday in July...

Every second Saturday in July, since 1871, the city of Durham has been taken over by miners, trade-unions and the general public for one of the biggest annual gatherings in Europe, the Durham Miners' Gala - known locally as "The Big Meeting".

Date of release
2019-09-06
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Daniel Draper

Casting

Interesting facts

The Big Meeting is a 2019 documentary film about the yearly Durham Miners' Gala by Liverpool-based film company Shut Out The Light. It was directed by Daniel Draper as a follow-up to 2017 documentary Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast. The film "shows the Gala through narratives that represent the past, present and future of the event".

Production

Attending the 2016 Gala to film for Nature of the Beast, director Daniel Draper was "overcome by the noise, colour and culture on show." Then. following a sold out screening of Nature of the Beast at the Redhills: Durham Miners' Hall in December 2017, production company Shut Out The Light approached the DMA about making the first feature-length documentary about the Durham Miners' Gala.

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