An excerpt from this feature film
One of four of the original TV promotional clips from this film.
One of four of the original TV promotional clips from this film.
One of four of the original TV promotional clips from this film.
One of four of the original TV promotional clips from this film.
The credits from this feature film
Made to mark 100 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand, Bread & Roses tells the story of pioneering trade unionist, politician and feminist Sonja Davies (1923 - 2005), who rose to prominence in the 1940s and 50s. Directed by Gaylene Preston and co-written by Graeme Tetley, the acclaimed three-hour production played on television screens, and also got a limited cinema release. Australian actor Geneviève Picot (as Sonja Davies) and Mick Rose (as her husband) won gongs for their roles at the 1994 NZ Film and TV Awards. Bianca Zander writes about Bread & Roses here.
Bread and Roses is Preston/Laing's best work yet and ... a wonderful suffrage year tribute to women of New Zealand.– Helen Martin in Illusions Magazine, 1994
Preston*Laing Productions
Made with funding from NZ On Air, Television New Zealand, 1993 Suffrage Centennial Year Trust, the NZ Film Commission and Beyond Distribution
Presented with thanks to the New Zealand Film Heritage Trust – Te Puna Ataata
Closing track 'Bread and Roses' composed by James Oppenheim and Mimi Fariña, and sung by Lisa Schouw
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