Movie: The Song of the Shirt

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Martha Gibson
Martha Gibson

Geraldine Pilgrim
Geraldine Pilgrim

Anna McNiff
Anna McNiff

Liz Myers
Liz Myers

Jill Greenhalgh
Jill Greenhalgh

Sally Cranfield
Sally Cranfield

Paul Bentall
Paul Bentall

Fraser Cains
Fraser Cains

Gale Burns
Gale Burns

Martin Thom
Martin Thom

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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.

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    1979-01-01

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