The Song of the Shirt

Song tells the story of the women who worked in Victorian London's clothing sweatshops, eschewing a conventional narrative in favour of a series of still photographs and acted reconstructions to show that this story has been rewritten/written-over many times before.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

129 minutes

Year:

1979

Director:

Jonathan Curling

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Company:

British Film Institute Production Board

Cast:
Martha Gibson

Geraldine Pilgrim

Anna McNiff

Liz Myers

Jill Greenhalgh

Crew:
Jonathan Curling

Director

Susan Clayton

Director

Lindsay Cooper

Music