SOLIDARITY 

by Lucy Parker
A UK documentary reveals construction workers uncovering a blacklist and exposing undercover police infiltrating their movements with careful detail.
2019  ·  1h15m  ·  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
English
English subs
About the Film

Solidarity is about activists who are spied upon, systematically denied work and tricked into intimate relationships with undercover police – a community coming together to find a route to justice.

Blacklisting in the UK construction industry impacted thousands of workers who were labelled ‘troublemakers’ for speaking out and secretively denied employment. Activists uncovered alarming links between workplace blacklisting and undercover policing.  Solidarity attentively follows meetings between activists and law students, brought together for the film, revealing the determination of a community working together to find a route to justice.

The debut feature length film by artist filmmaker Lucy Parker it has been made alongside and features members of Blacklist Support Group, core participants in Undercover Policing Inquiry, and members of other campaigning groups.

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Festivals and Awards
2019
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Best First Documentary
Producer
Kate Parker, Lucy Parker
Cinematography
Nick Gordon
Editing
Lucy Harris, Lucy Parker
Sound Design
Chu-Li Shewring
Sound
James Bull
Music
Will Saunders
About the Director

Lucy Parker

Lucy Parker is a filmmaker and educator. She was the recipient of the IDFA First Appearance prize in 2019 for her film Solidarity which premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest and in London at Open City. Solidarity is about the experiences of workers in the UK who were blacklisted alongside women who were tricked into intimate relationships with undercover police. She is currently participating in IDFA Project Space 2021 developing a film about the current Undercover Policing Inquiry. Her films are distributed by LUX, London.

 
Other films by Lucy Parker

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