Dockers: Writing the Wrongs (1999)

Dockers: Writing the Wrongs

1999

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Solon Papadopoulos

Cast

Christopher Eccleston as Narrator (voice)

Gub Neal as Himself

Irvine Welsh as Himself

Jimmy McGovern as Himself

Sally Hibbin as Herself