The Song of the Shirt (1979)

Genre:
Release Date: 1979-01-01
Runtime: 2h 9min
Production Company: British Film Institute Production Board
Production Country: United Kingdom
Directors: Susan Clayton , Jonathan Curling .

Summary

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.

Watch The Song of the Shirt Online

The Song of the Shirt is not available for streaming at this moment.

Cast
Crew

Martha Gibson

as
Geraldine Pilgrim

as
Anna McNiff

as
Liz Myers

as
Jill Greenhalgh

as
Sally Cranfield

as
Paul Bentall

as
Fraser Cains

as
Gale Burns

as
Martin Thom

as
Edward Clayton

as
Tony Maples

as
Richard Barnett

as
Robbie Barnett

as
Bob Biddiscombe

as
Liz Biddiscombe

as
Leah Bradley

as
Janet Goddard

as
Jane Gurnett

as
Steve Horton

as
Sandy Maberly

as
Mary Maddox

as
Goyo Melnick

as
Alfred Molina

as
Cindy Oswin

as
Ewan Sefton-Smith

as
Plumelia Tarrant

as
Melanie Thompson

as

Directing	Susan Clayton	Director
Directing	Jonathan Curling	Director
Sound	Lindsay Cooper	Music