The Song of the Shirt

19792h 9min

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.

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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.

Released
January 1, 1979
Runtime
2h 9min
Director
Jonathan CurlingSue Clayton
Genre
Documentary
Language
English
Production
British Film Institute Production Board
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