Friends and Enemies

Australia, 1987

Film
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This is a provocative film about one of the most vicious and protracted labour disputes in Australian history. In February 1985, over one thousand electrical workers went on strike against the introduction of contractors into the South East Queensland Electricity Board. Rated: PG

Credits

director

Tom Zubrycki

Duration

01:28:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017541

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Strikes and lockouts

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

History → History

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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