Description
Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries and divorces, at age 17 trains as a nurse, has a romance (and a child) with an American marine who is killed in WWII action. She battles tuberculosis and marries a former boyfriend when he returns from the war. She becomes part of a women's ill-fated campaign to save the Nelson railway line from closure and begins to be elected to political bodies.Extra
Budget | 2500000 $ |
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Runtime | 194 minute |
Producer | New Zealand Film Commission Preston Laing |
Language | English |
Themes | woman director nurse new zealand tuberculosis women's rights politician socialists |
Actors | Mick Rose Erik Thomson Geneviève Picot Joanna Briant Raymond Hawthorne Katherine McRae Donna Akersten William Walker Theresa Healey Tina Regtien Frances Kewene Emily Perkins Larissa Matheson Janet Fisher |
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