Film-Work

1981

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Overview

During the height of the Cold War, the Waterside Workers' Federation Film Unit produced eleven (11) films for several trade unions on political and industrial issues. Independent film-makers worked with them to develop critical dialogue from one generation of concerned film-makers onto another. FILM-WORK looks at sequences from 4 of these films and interviews some of their makers, raising a diversity of issues pertinent to current debates in film, history and politics. The 4 films that are looked at are PENSIONS FOR VETERANS (1953, NSW Branch, WWF), THE HUNGRY MILES (1954, WWF), NOVEMBER VICTORY (1955, WWF), and HEWERS OF COAL (1953, Miners Federation). PENSIONS FOR VETERANS covers the issue of the need for pensions to be given to workers who have worked on the waterfront all their life. THE HUNGRY MILES shows the strength of the workers, the union and its democracy. HEWERS OF COAL is about the coal miners and their struggle to get better working conditions and pensions.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies

Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit

Production Countries

Australia

Spoken Languages

English

Quick Facts

Release Date	January 1, 1981
Status	Released
Language	EN
Website	Visit Site

Cast

Norma Disher

Self

Jerome 'Jock' Levy

Self

Keith Gow

Self

Key Crew

John Hughes

Writer

John Hughes

Producer

John Hughes

Director

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