The director said his new film was one he had been “wanting to make for over a decade now” after realising there were links between Hillsborough and Orgreave, which both involved allegations of misconduct by South Yorkshire Police officers.
Gordon added: “There just seemed to be a connection there from one to the other and I knew when we did the Hillsborough film that I need to go back and make Orgreave.”
More than 100 miners and police officers were injured in clashes outside Orgreave coking works on the most violent day of the miners’ strike.
Thousands of miners who were fighting against pit closures had descended on the plant in a bid to prevent lorries stop lorries carrying coke to fuel the steel furnaces.
They were met by around 6,000 police officers, some on horses or with riot shields.
Strike: An Uncivil War will be screened at Sheffield DocFest at the Crucible theatre at 10:30 BST on Sunday 16 June.
Following its premiere at DocFest, the film will be shown at special screenings to mark the Battle of Orgreave on Tuesday before its general release in cinemas on 21 June.
The film is one of 109 documentaries being shown at Sheffield city-centre venues as part of DocFest, which runs until 17 June.
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