Behind the Rent Strike (1974)
Kirby, on the outskirts of Liverpool, England, October 1972. A chronicle of the fourteen-month strike by thousands of tenants to protest against the £1 increase in council house rents due to the Housing Finance Act.
Top billed cast
Nick BroomfieldSelf (voice)
Ethel SingletonSelf
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From Liverpool to Stratford (1949)
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The Flickering Flame (1996)
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American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i (2003)
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Land Without Bread (1933)
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