The Year of the Beaver

The Year of the Beaver focuses on the industrial dispute at the Grunwicks photographic processing plant in Willesden, London in the summer of 1977. The workforce, predominately consisting of British Asian women, most of whom had only recently arrived in the UK, decided to go on strike over the issue of trade union recognition. The strike lasted for two years.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
77 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
77 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 1985
Season
1985
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0
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0
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Genres
Documentary
Country
GB

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The Year of the Beaver focuses on the industrial dispute at the Grunwicks photographic processing plant in Willesden, London in the summer of 1977. The workforce, predominately consisting of British Asian women, most of whom had only recently arrived in the UK, decided to go on strike over the issue of trade union recognition. The strike lasted for two years.

Immersion

Japanese

Characters

Staff

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