Nick Broomfield documents the rent strike in Kirkby New Town in 1973, when 3000 residents protested against the Housing Finance Bill.
Broomfield’s graduation project from the National Film and Television School, the film is about the rent strike in Kirkby New Town in Liverpool in 1973, when 3000 residents protested against the Housing Finance Bill. It shows the violent clashes between residents and the police and the social conditions experienced by residents, including appalling housing and job prospects.
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