The Song of the Shirt
Directed by Jonathan Curling, Sue Clayton1979 2h 9mDocumentary
6.7
The plight of women in the 1840s London rag trade is explored and deconstructed. Informed by experimental film practice and evoking a serialized Victorian novel, this unusual film investigates the effects of protectionist 'philanthropy' in the sweatshop-style London clothes trade using contemporary text, archival material and reconstruction.
