"The July Storms" is a dialogue about the first mass protests in Soviet Ukraine in a long time. The two parts of the dilogy "Strike" and "Outburst" are devoted to two unprecedented waves of miners' strikes in Donetsk in 1989 and 1990, respectively. Several hundred thousand miners took part in these historic strikes. The events themselves became an important factor in the history of the region of the Soviet communist system.
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The protests in Donbas began in July 1989, with over a hundred mines ceasing operations. Within a week, the miners’ strike became the subject of a special television address by Mikhail Gorbachev. Representatives of the Strike Committee were invited to Moscow for negotiations, where all their demands were temporarily met. Alongside the unfolding strike and miners’ speeches in Donetsk’s square, the filmmakers observe the impoverished living conditions of the miners and the harsh working conditions at the Mine of Lidiievka.
