The Song of the Shirt
1979
2h 9m
Documentary
Overview
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.
Director
Jonathan Curling
Top Cast
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Martha Gibson
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Geraldine Pilgrim
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Anna McNiff
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Liz Myers
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Jill Greenhalgh
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Sally Cranfield
Paul Bentall
Fraser Cains
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Gale Burns
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Martin Thom
