Bread & Roses (1993)
3h 14m
Running Time
July 18, 1993Release Date
Bread & Roses (1993)
3h 14m
Running Time
July 18, 1993Release Date
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Plot.
Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries and divorces, at age 17 trains as a nurse, has a romance (and a child) with an American marine who is killed in WWII action. She battles tuberculosis and marries a former boyfriend when he returns from the war. She becomes part of a women's ill-fated campaign to save the Nelson railway line from closure and begins to be elected to political bodies.
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Cast & Crew.
Geneviève Picot
Sonja Davies
Donna Akersten
mrs. Mackersey
Mick Rose
Charlie
Raymond Hawthorne
Mr. Mackersey
Perry Piercy
Megaphone Woman
Tina Regtien
Con
Erik Thomson
Red
Gaylene Preston
Director
Theresa Healey
Peggy
Frances Kewene
Maisie
Graeme Tetley
Writer
Robin Laing
Producer
Emily Perkins
Joan
John Charles
Composer
Larissa Matheson
Dot
Allen Guilford
Cinematographer
Details.
Release DateJuly 18, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 14m
Budget$2,500,000
Filming LocationsNew Zealand
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Wiki.
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.
She is portrayed from her early years to her election to the Nelson Hospital Board.
Made as a Suffrage Year tribute to the women of New Zealand.
Helen Martin says the film is fascinating as a social history, showing her empathy with working class women.
The film was shown on television in four episodes in October 1993.