The Song of the Shirt
1979
United Kingdom
135 minutes
English
A surprising film on women’s work in 19th-century London. This feminist narrative about the origins of the Welfare State takes the form of a many-layered documentary, based on multiple screens, the projection of texts and images and a distanced style of acting. Alternating information, epochs and places reveals the specific contradictions of the labour market and produces a reinvention of women’s past.
Production :
Sue Clayton; British Film Institute; Film and History Project, Royal College of Art, Polytechnic of Central London, Cinema Action, Greate; Arts Council of Great Britain
Sue Clayton; British Film Institute; Film and History Project, Royal College of Art, Polytechnic of Central London, Cinema Action, Greate; Arts Council of Great Britain
Distribution :
British Film Institute
British Film Institute
Editing :
Fran McLean; Lindsay Cooper; Martha Gibson; Geraldine Pilgrim; Anna McNiff; Liz Myers; Jill Greenhalgh; Sally Cranfield; Paul Bentall; Fraser Cains; Gale Burns; Martin Thom; Edward Clayton; Tony Maples; Sue Clayton; Jonathan Curling
Fran McLean; Lindsay Cooper; Martha Gibson; Geraldine Pilgrim; Anna McNiff; Liz Myers; Jill Greenhalgh; Sally Cranfield; Paul Bentall; Fraser Cains; Gale Burns; Martin Thom; Edward Clayton; Tony Maples; Sue Clayton; Jonathan Curling
Sound :
John Anderton; Alan Abel
John Anderton; Alan Abel
Photography :
Jonathan Collinson; Anne Cottringer; Ieuan Morris; Andy Murrow
Jonathan Collinson; Anne Cottringer; Ieuan Morris; Andy Murrow
Copy Contact :
Rod Rhule
Rod Rhule
