Film Tag: Food insecurity

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Bread and Dripping

A short documentary in which four working class women recount the hardships they endured during the Depression years.

Film Topics:

DepressionsWomen

Film Tags:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAustraliaBeryl ArmstrongDepressionsEileen PittmanEvictionFamilyFeminist movementFood insecurityHappy ValleyHousingHousing insecurityIndigenousIndigenous discriminationMary WrightPoliticsPovertyRothbury LockoutSocial justiceSocialismStrikesTibby WhalanUnemploymentWomenWomen's Militant GroupWorking classWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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Caddie

Feature film about a woman's struggle to survive impoverished inner city Sydney during the Depression.

Film Topics:

DepressionsWomen

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyClass struggleClass warDepressionsFamilyFeminist movementFood insecurityHospitalityHousingHousing insecurityMateshipNew South WalesPovertySocial justiceSocialismUnemploymentUnionsWagesWomenWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Film - Feature Narrative
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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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Film-Work

A documentary about the filmmakers of the Waterside Workers Film Unit.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUClass struggleClass warCoal miningCold WarCommunismCommunist PartyDepressionsFood insecurityHewers of CoalHousingHousing insecurityJock LevyKeith GowMiners FederationNorma DisherNovember VictoryPensionsPensions for VeteransPoliticsPovertyPyrmontRobert MenziesThe Hungry MilesThe New TheatreUnionsUnited KingdomUnited StatesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary
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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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The Hungry Miles

A short documentary that recounts the struggles of Australian waterside workers from the Great Depression to the 1950s.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyCanberraComradeshipDepressionsEureka StockadeFamilyFood insecurityHealth & safetyJim HealyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeMechanisationNorma DisherPovertyShippingSocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Tough Men Tough Times – Stories From The Great Depression

A short documentary about the Depression and the struggles of the working class.

Film Topics:

DepressionsHousingWorking Class

Film Tags:

Anti-communist New GuardAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyClass struggleCommunismCommunist PartyDepressionsEvictionFamilyFood insecurityFred MooreHappy ValleyPoliticsPovertyRothbury LockoutSocial justiceSocialismStrikesSuicideSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWagesWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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