Red Skirts on Clydeside (1984)

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The film follows the literal and metaphorical journey of the filmmakers as they attempt to unearth the details of women's political involvement in the Glasgow Rent Strikes, by visiting archives in Glasgow and London and through oral history interviews with several Glaswegian women who recall the period. We are shown both how women's contributions are often undervalued by archives and how personal narratives from marginalised voices can enrich our understanding of events. The film's interviews with descendants of the strikers establish the link between the Glasgow Rent Strike and the women's movement of the 1910s.

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