The Nightcleaners / '36 to '77

The Nightcleaners / '36 to '77 (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
184 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1975-1978 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Marc Karlin
Mary Kelly
James Scott
Humphrey Trevelyan
Jon Sanders

Actors:
Sally Alexander ..... Herself
Ann Burnett ..... Herself
May Hobbs ..... Herself
Marc Karlin ..... Himself
Jean Mormont ..... Herself
Sheila Rowbotham ..... Herself
James Scott ..... Himself
Humphrey Trevelyan ..... Himself
Alan Nielsson ..... Himself
Myrtle Wardally ..... Herself

Synopsis:

Nightcleaners (1975), by the Berwick Street Film Collective, has long been recognized as a landmark of British experimental cinema. Alongside its companion film '36 to '77 (1978), it pioneered a form as radical as the Collective's politics. The Berwick Street Film Collective was formed in 1970 and produced feature documentaries until around 1980. Influenced in part by filmmakers such as Godard and Marker, its films dealt with some of the major political issues of the day.Nightcleaners and '36 to '77 chronicle one of the key campaigns of the women's movement in the 1970s: the campaign to unionize women night cleaners in London, which anticipated contemporary issues regarding precarious labor. This two-volume boxset contains the two films on DVDs, plus two books featuring news sheets of the women's movement (one designed by Mary Kelly, a member of the Collective with whom an interview is also included), rare illustrations and contributions from the filmmakers.

The Nightcleaners: 'Night Cleaners' is set in the context of the campaign (1970-1972) to unionize the women who cleaned office blocks at night and were being victimized and underpaid. Intending at the outset to make a campaign film, the Collective was forced to turn to new forms in order to represent the forces at work between the cleaners, the Cleaner's Action Group and the Unions - and the complex nature of the campaign itself. '36 to '77: Companion film to The Nightcleaners, showing how conditions have changed in the time since its release, as well as providing a portrait of one of the cleaners, Myrtle Wardally.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 07 March, 2020.