The Great Strike 1917
It was Sydney, 1917 and to this day, Australia's largest
industrial upheaval.
industrial upheaval.
Synopsis
Is a documentary about events which shaped Australian society and the labor movement for a century and beyond.
It is a story involving murder, censorship and political manipulation which lay dormant in archival vaults for decades.
It is a story involving murder, censorship and political manipulation which lay dormant in archival vaults for decades.
THE GREAT STRIKE 1917 had its World Premiere screening at the Antenna Documentary Film festival in Sydney on October 19th.
It was a sold-out session at the Dendy Cinema in Newtown with a Q&A to follow. The 2nd sold-out screening was at the Verona cinema in Paddington on October 25th.
ON LINE PRESS
SCREEN NSW
https://www.screen.nsw.gov.au/news/the-great-strike-1917
INNER WEST COURIER
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/inner-west/amanda-king-brings-the-story-of-the-great-strike-1917-to-life-on-the-big-screen/news-story/82564432c3a611a56c69c05c7f61633f?fbclid=IwAR1R7FKmUNnK1RQmbJBQD7nSYtcSoi4W1dNhHdjYPm2ira-SkS9zcbz2TGY
GREEN LEFT WEEKLY
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/great-strike-1917-state-power-against-organised-workers
RADIO INTERVIEWS
89.7 EASTSIDE FM
EPISODE: Monday Drive – 4:00pm 21st Oct 2019 presented by Ruth Hessey
55minutes in
https://eastsidefm.org/episodes/monday-drive-400pm-21st-oct-2019/
RADIO SKID ROW 88.9 FM
interview with presenter Colin Hesse
https://soundcloud.com/radio-skid-row/documentary-makers-fabio-cavadini-and-mandy-king-discuss-their-film-the-great-strike
It was a sold-out session at the Dendy Cinema in Newtown with a Q&A to follow. The 2nd sold-out screening was at the Verona cinema in Paddington on October 25th.
ON LINE PRESS
SCREEN NSW
https://www.screen.nsw.gov.au/news/the-great-strike-1917
INNER WEST COURIER
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/inner-west/amanda-king-brings-the-story-of-the-great-strike-1917-to-life-on-the-big-screen/news-story/82564432c3a611a56c69c05c7f61633f?fbclid=IwAR1R7FKmUNnK1RQmbJBQD7nSYtcSoi4W1dNhHdjYPm2ira-SkS9zcbz2TGY
GREEN LEFT WEEKLY
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/great-strike-1917-state-power-against-organised-workers
RADIO INTERVIEWS
89.7 EASTSIDE FM
EPISODE: Monday Drive – 4:00pm 21st Oct 2019 presented by Ruth Hessey
55minutes in
https://eastsidefm.org/episodes/monday-drive-400pm-21st-oct-2019/
RADIO SKID ROW 88.9 FM
interview with presenter Colin Hesse
https://soundcloud.com/radio-skid-row/documentary-makers-fabio-cavadini-and-mandy-king-discuss-their-film-the-great-strike
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