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Amongst Equals

Feature length documentary tracing the history of the Australian trade union movement.

Film Topics:

PoliticsUnionsWorking ConditionsWorkplace Relations

Film Tags:

1892 economic bust1949 National Coal Strike1966 Gurindji Strike1986 Robe River dispute8 hour dayAccordAnti-strike legislationAsbestos miningAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Labor PartyAutomationBob HawkeBuilders Labourers Federation (BLF) Green bansClarrie O’SheaCoal miningCommunismConscriptionDalfram Dispute of 1938DepressionsEdna RyanEqual pay for womenGold rushGreat Strike of 1917Health & safetyJack MundeyJim ComerfordJoh Bjelke-PetersenMulticulturalismPort Kembla steel workersPovertyRiverland Cannery campaignRobert MenziesRothbury LockoutShearers Strike of 1891TailoressesUnionsVietnam WarWaterside Workers FederationWave Hill Walk-OffWhitlam Labor GovernmentWomenWorking classWorking conditionsZelda D’Prano

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Edna Ryan – A Political Life

A documentary featuring legendary political activist and unionist Edna Ryan.

Film Topics:

PoliticsWomen

Film Tags:

1972 Whitlam election1974 National Wage CaseActivismAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Labor PartyCommunismCommunist PartyConscriptionDepressionsEdna RyanEducationEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementFood insecurityGreat Strike of 1917Housing insecurityPoliticsPovertyRussian RevolutionSocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWagesWomenWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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Gough Whitlam – In His Own Words

A feature documentary about Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

Film Topics:

Politics

Film Tags:

1972 Whitlam electionAboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAustraliaAustralian Labor PartyConscriptionEast TimorEducationElectionsEqual pay for womenGough WhitlamImmigrantsIndigenousJohn FaulknerPoliticsPovertyPublic HealthSir John KerrSocial justiceSocialismThe ArtsThe Dismissal 1975Vietnam WarWhitlam Labor GovernmentWomenWomen's workplace rightsWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Our Man Kisch

A short documentary chronicling Egon Kisch's controversial anti-fascism speaking trip to Australia in 1934.

Film Topics:

Anti-FascismPeace Movement

Film Tags:

Adolf HitlerAnti warAnti-fascismAnti-War Congress in MelbourneAustralia - NSW - SydneyBenito MussoliniCharles MurrayCommunismCommunist PartyConscriptionCzechoslovakiaDepressionsEgon KischFremantleHigh Court of AustraliaImmigrantsImprisonmentJoseph LyonsJoseph Lyons GovernmentKatharine PritchardLen FoxMelbourneMelbourne centenary celebrationsMelbourne ShrineMelbourne waterfrontNazi GermanyNazismPeace movementPercy LaidlerPoliticsPort MelbournePovertyRailways UnionRalph GibsonRobert MenziesSenator Arthur RaySocial justiceSocialismStrathairdThe HolocaustTom GleesonTortureUnemploymentUnionsUnited KingdomVictoria PoliceWhite Australia PolicyWorking classWorld Committee Against War and FascismWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Wharfies

A documenting charting the history of the Waterside Workers Federation from 1902 to the 1980s.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

44 hour weekAnti warAnti-strike legislationApartheid - South AfricaAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyBruce GovernmentCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipConscriptionDepressionsEntitlementsHealth & safetyIndonesian independenceInternational Transport Workers FederationKeith GowMaritimePaid HolidaysPensionsPig iron black ban JapanPovertyRobert MenziesShippingSick paySocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnion InternationalismUnionsVietnam WarWagesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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