Dockers: Writing the Wrongs

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 50 min
  • Premiere: 1999. July 11.

The compelling tale of how a group of sacked dockers got together with scriptwriter Jimmy McGovern and novelist Irvine Welsh to turn their unique story into a film. In September 1995, five men were sacked for walking off the job when their overtime agreement was ditched. Dockers: Writing The Wrongs tells how the dockers spent a year producing the script based on their own experiences of the dramatic two and a half year dispute.

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Christopher Eccleston

Narrator (voice)

Sally Hibbin

Herself

Gub Neal

Himself

Irvine Welsh

Himself

Directing

Directing