motion picture

Author: Zubrycki, Tom (Producer)
Title: Kemira : diary of a strike.
Editor: Scrine, Gil (editor) ; Cavadini, Fabio (photographer) ; Drake, Elizabeth (.music)
Description of Work: Kemira documents a strike by miners at a BHP owned colliery near Wollongong where two-thirds of the workforce was under threat of dismissal. The strike, in October 1982, focused attention on the plight of the people of Wollongong, typical of other small Australian cities that were profoundly affected by the economic recession. As well as documenting the day by day organisation of the strike, Kemira follows the fortunes of the families involved and the profound personal changes they went through.
Imprint: Produced [by] Tom Zubrycki with the assistance of the Southern District of the Miners Federation and the Creative Development Branch of Australian Film Commission, Australia, 1984
Subject: Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Australia -- Wollongong Region (N.S.W.).
Format: 16mm
Description: 2 film reels (63 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 16 mm