Meantime is a sympathetic film about unemployment and the jobless. The film is built around the life of a family living in a council flat in the East End of London. Frank, Mavis, Colin and Mark are the four central characters - Frank, Colin and Mark are all unemployed - and the family live a tense, precarious existence in their cramped high-rise flat.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016789
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Realism in motion pictures
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Great Britain - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Unemployment
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Working class in motion pictures
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)