Strikebound (1984)
Directed by Richard Lowenstein
Genres - Drama, Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Docudrama |
Run Time - 101 min. |
Countries - Australia |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
The miners strike in the Australian coal fields during the 1930s provides a factual basis for this drama. The organized miners protest against the use of scab labor and the dreadful working conditions. But nothing is resolved and the tension climaxes with the miners, some of them members of the Communist Party, building a blockade and stranding themselves in a mine shaft.
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striker, coal, employer/employee, labor-relations, mine