When the Dog Bites

When the Dog Bites — Plot

“Film questions whether the encouragement of very low paid jobs and schemes - both in general and specifically how they function in the area affected by the closure of the Consett steelworks in 1980 - is a sufficiently visionary response to the question of survival in post-industrial Britain. Local people talk about their experiences, an escapologist performs and a drag act sings. Plus drama sequence in which Bill tells Rose that making a fortune is easy.” - BFI.

• Release date
• September 18, 1988
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Penny Woolcock