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Red Matildas

Three Australian women recount how the hardships of the Depression forged their politics and inspired them to fight for social justice.

Film Topics:

PoliticsWomen

Film Tags:

Anti warAudrey BlakeAustraliaCommunismCommunist PartyDepressionsEqual pay for womenEvictionFamilyFeminist movementFood insecurityHousing insecurityJoan GoodwinMay PennefatherMelbourneNuclearNuclear disarmamentPeace movementPoliticsPovertySocial justiceSocialismSoviet UnionSpanish Civil WarUnemploymentVictoriaWomenWomen's workplace rightsWorking classWorld War TwoYoung Communist League

Film Type:

Documentary
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Sugar Slaves

A documentary about pacific islanders kidnapped or forced to work on Queensland's sugar cane fields.

Film Topics:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAgriculture

Film Tags:

AgricultureAustraliaBlackbirdingBundaberg - QueenslandHealth & safetyIndentured labourIndigenousPacific IslanderPentecost IslandQueenslandSlaverySugar caneWhite Australia PolicyWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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