FilmWork

During the height of the Cold War the Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit produced eleven 11 films for several trade unions on political and industrial issues Independent filmmakers worked with them to develop critical dialogue from one generation of concerned filmmakers onto another FILMWORK looks at sequences from 4 of these films and interviews some of their makers raising a diversity of issues pertinent to current debates in film history and politics The 4 films that are looked at are PENSIONS FOR VETERANS 1953 NSW Branch WWF THE HUNGRY MILES 1954 WWF NOVEMBER VICTORY 1955 WWF and HEWERS OF COAL 1953 Miners Federation PENSIONS FOR VETERANS covers the issue of the need for pensions to be given to workers who have worked on the waterfront all their life THE HUNGRY MILES shows the strength of the workers the union and its democracy HEWERS OF COAL is about the coal miners and their struggle to get better working conditions and pensions