Kemira: Diary of a Strike

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Kemira: Diary of a Strike
Directed byTom Zubrycki
Produced byTom Zubrycki
Music byElizabeth Drake
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Kemira: Diary of a Strike is a 1984 Australian documentary film, created by Tom Zubrycki, covering a miner's strike in Wollongong. [1]

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Reception

Anna-Maria Dell'oso of the Sydney Morning Herald gave it a mixed review. She states "In terms of insight, is not the greatest documentary ever made. It provokes audience response because it shows people fighting injustice with the exhilarating energy of co-operation and vision that a strike can foster and it gives a hint of Wollongong's strong working-class social networks." She finishes "Worth seeing." [2] Also in the Sydney Morning Herald Bronwyn Watson calls it "One of the best Australian-made documentaries" and says it is "a very cleverly made film. It mixes interviews, black and white footage from the 1949 coal strikes, TV news reports and the ludicrous We Love Wollongong commercials. But its technical expertise never becomes intrusive." [3]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Margaret (21 July 1984), "Miners' failure is Zubrycki's success", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ↑ Dell'oso, Anna-Maria (29 November 1984), "Kemira saga is gritty, not great", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. 1 2 Watson, Bronwyn (26 August 1985), "Breadwinners down the mine", The Sydney Morning Herald
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