Running out of patience

In October 1986, Victorian nurses began an historic strike action which was to last 50 days. This video is the nurses version of the dispute. Despite widespread condemnation mainly from the media, the nurses eventually won out for an appropriate career structure including significant pay increases. Actual strike footage together with nursing training films and old photographs explore vocational stereotypes and place the strike in the context of the current crisis in the health care system.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

co-director

Chris Brown

Serena Everill

Duration

00:41:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017725

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Bolger, Irene

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nursing

History → History

People → Bolger, Irene

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

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Australia, 1988