406 DAYS

INFO: SAT 04 MAR/ LIGHT HOUSE 1 / 20:00 / 90 MINS

DIRECTOR: Joe Lee

WRITER: Joe Lee & Fergus Dowd

COUNTRY: Ireland

In the early days of the pandemic, the retailer Debenhams closed its Irish stores and filed for liquidation. As a consequence, staff began picketing, citing unfair terms of dismissal. The dispute became one of the longest in the history of Irish industrial relations, with workers holding the lines for 406 days until a court resolution. DIFF award-winning director Joe Lee charts the workers’ resilience as they refused to back down and squared off against a big business.

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