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Handsworth Songs
Why this pick
Its essayistic montage, layered sound and fractured archival method turn a specific British political conflict into a searching study of labour, race and institutional power.
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MOVIE1975 1h 30m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Human, Too Human
Why this pick
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The Miners' Hymns
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
“The Nightcleaners” is set in the context of the campaign (1970-1972) to unionize the women who cleaned office blocks at night and were being victimized and underpaid. Intending at the outset to make a campaign film, the Collective was forced to turn to new forms in order to represent the forces at work between the cleaners, the Cleaner's Action Group and the Unions - and the complex nature of the campaign itself.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Sally Alexander
Sally Alexander
Ann Burnett
Ann Burnett
May Hobbs
May Hobbs
Marc Karlin
Marc Karlin
Jean Mormont
Jean Mormont
Sheila Rowbotham
Sheila Rowbotham
James Scott
James Scott
Humphrey Trevelyan
Humphrey Trevelyan