Through the lives of three women, Audrey Blake, May Pennefather and Joan Goodwin, “Red Matildas” explores the social and political conditions in Australia during the Great Depression - conditions of massive unemployment, widespread malnutrition and growing militarism at home and abroad, that provoked many people to political activity. May Pennefather served 12-18 months in the Spanish Civil War. Cinematographer: Laurie McInnes
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ACMI Identifier
016806
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions - 20th Century
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Blake, Audrey
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Depressions - 1929
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Goodwin, Joan
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Pennefather, May
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Politics - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Protest movements
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women in politics
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women political activists - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)