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SUMMARY:'The Great Strike 1917'
LOCATION:Wagstaffe Community Hall
DESCRIPTION:To this day\, the Great Strike of 1917 is still Australia's lar
 gest ever industrial upheaval. \nThe story of the Strike - long dormant in
  archives - is now being re-told via this documentary\, using original fil
 m footage from the era.\n\nSydney\, 1917: \nA seemingly innocuous manageme
 nt decision in a Sydney tram-depot and rail-workshop sparked a massive ind
 ustrial dispute. With the introduction of a new "timecard" system to recor
 d work times and output\, thousands of men and women joined protest marche
 s through the streets. \n\nThe government recruited volunteers to break th
 e strike\, issuing some of them with guns. \nUnions were de-registered and
  union leaders were charged with conspiracy. \nIt was a time of violent em
 otions\, state violence and individual acts of violence by and against str
 ikers.  And one striker\, Mervyn Flanagan\, was actually shot and killed.
 \n\nThis powerful documentary examines the industrial\, social\, and polit
 ical context of a struggle that has had lasting consequences for the labou
 r movement throughout Australia. \n\nPersonal stories and legacies echoed 
 through generations of families for years to come\, empowering the fight f
 or decent conditions and fair treatment in the workplace\, which still res
 onates strongly today.\n\n"Depicting a historical moment of working-class 
 protest\, Amanda King's documentary brings together analysis and copious a
 rchival material with artistic responses to the 1917 strike a century on. 
  A welcome and important addition to our continuing national dialogue rega
 rding workers' rights\, unions\, class and power.  An elegant and insightf
 ul exercise in non-fiction storytelling."\n- Barnaby Smith\, Metro Magazin
 e (Issue #205)\n\nBoletos: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/16262
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