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Bread & Roses
1993
A survivor for whom mere survival was not enough
- Gaylene Preston
- 3h 14m
- July 18, 1993 · New Zealand
Overview
Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries and divorces, at age 17 trains as a nurse, has a romance (and a child) with an American marine who is killed in WWII action. She battles tuberculosis and marries a former boyfriend when he returns from the war. She becomes part of a women's ill-fated campaign to save the Nelson railway line from closure and begins to be elected to political bodies.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 18, 1993
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Production
- New Zealand Film Commission,Preston Laing
- Cast
- Katy Beasley,Mick Rose,Erik Thomson,Katherine McRae,Ralph Johnson,Theresa Healey,Geneviève Picot,Frances Kewene,Jo Briant,Raymond Hawthorneand 6 more
- Director
- Gaylene Preston
- Writer
- Graeme Tetley
- Producer
- Robin Laing
- Cinematography
- Allen Guilford
- Music
- John Charles
- Budget
- $2,500,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
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