When the Dream of Working in Indie Film Turns Into a Nightmare

In 2020, it also became ground zero for a reckoning between indie cinema bosses and workers – one that has spread to multiple cities and cinemas across the UK. Sean Winnie began working at the Tyneside in 2013, making phone calls to raise money for renovations. “Speaking to customers who were donating, I grew to realise just how important the cinema was to people,” he says. Soon, he was offered a