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EVEN DOGS ARE GIVEN BONES

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Year
1981
Reference
F264385
Media type
Moving image

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Rights Information
Year
1981
Reference
F264385
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Short
Production company
Presented by DYKE PRODUCTIONS in association with Women’s Community Video.
Credits
Director: Kanya Stewart
Camera: Kanya Stewart

In 1981 a large number of workers staged a 14-week occupation of the Rixen Manufacturing clothing factory in Levin in protest of unfair redundancy.

The documentary includes includes candid interviews with: Lyn Woods, Lettie McDermott, Ann Waddell, Colleen Harper, Helen Horitipa, Theresa Corner, Janine Reid, Bernice Cornell, Wendy Clifton. There is coverage of the day-to-day activities of the group and the soundtrack includes a protest song by Mereana Pitman.