Jonathan Curling

The Song of the Shirt (1979)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Clayton  •  Jonathan Curling
CAST:  Martha Gibson  •  Geraldine Pilgrim  •  Anna McNiff  •  Liz Myers

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Clayton  •  Jonathan Curling
CAST:  Martha Gibson  •  Geraldine Pilgrim  •  Anna McNiff  •  Liz Myers