Film
The Song of the Shirt
1979 · 2h 9m · Documentary
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Overview
Song tells the story of the women who worked in Victorian London's clothing sweatshops, eschewing a conventional narrative in favour of a series of still photographs and acted reconstructions to show that this story has been rewritten/written-over many times before.
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Cast
Martha Gibson
Geraldine Pilgrim
Anna McNiff
Liz Myers
Jill Greenhalgh
Sally Cranfield
Paul Bentall
Fraser Cains
Gale Burns
Martin Thom
Edward Clayton
Tony Maples
Richard Barnett
Robbie Barnett
Bob Biddiscombe
Liz Biddiscombe
Crew
- Jonathan CurlingDirector
- Sue ClaytonDirector
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1979
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Genres
- Documentary
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