Bread and Roses (1993 film)
Bread and Roses | |
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Directed by | Gaylene Preston |
Written by | Gaylene Preston |
Produced by | Robin Laing |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Alun Bollinger |
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Running time | 195 minutes |
Language | English |
Budget | SNZ 3 million |
Bread and Roses is a 1993 biographical film showing significant episodes in the political life of socialist and feminist Sonja Davies, based on her autobiography of the same name. She is portrayed from her early years to her election to the Nelson Hospital Board. Made as a Suffrage Year tribute to the women of New Zealand. Helen Martin says the film is fascinating as a social history, showing her empathy with working class women. The film was shown on television in four episodes in October 1993.
Cast[]
- as Sonya Davies
References[]
- New Zealand Film 1912-1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p169 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1
External links[]
Categories:
- 1994 films
- English-language films
- 1993 films
- New Zealand films
- 1990s biographical films
- Films set in New Zealand
- Films shot in New Zealand
- New Zealand biographical films
- New Zealand film stubs