Bread and Roses | |
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Directed by | Gaylene Preston |
Written by | Graeme Tetley Gaylene Preston |
Based on | Sonja Davies autobiography |
Produced by | Robin Laing |
Starring | Geneviève Picot Mick Rose Perry Piercy |
Cinematography | Alun Bollinger |
Edited by | Paul Sutorius |
Music by | John Charles |
Production company | Preston*Laing Productions |
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Running time | 195 minutes |
Language | English |
Budget | $NZ 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.[1] She is portrayed from her early years to her election to the Nelson Hospital Board.[2] Made as a Suffrage Year tribute to the women of New Zealand.[2] Helen Martin says the film is fascinating as a social history, showing her empathy with working class women.[1] The film was shown on television in four episodes in October 1993.[2]