An eager audience was treated to the award-winning documentary Palestine Under Siege by filmmakers Jill Hickson and John Reynolds in Gadigal/Sydney, reports Jepke Goudsmit.
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He had come from far north Queensland to Sydney to play football and obtained paid employment as a builders’ labourer.
The work was notoriously lacking in safety measures, the amenities on site almost non-existent and the wages poor.
He joined the union only to discover that those who tried to do something about improving wages and conditions on the job were soon dismissed, not only with the support of the union leadership but often at their instigation.
He joined the rank and file organisation which, in an excellent example of daring to struggle, eventually overthrew the previous, corrupt, leadership of the union.
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This initiative has drawn support from Paul McAleer from the International Transport Workers Federation and former NSW Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon.
“The festival embraces the diversity of radical struggle and creates a platform that amplifies the voice of activism,” Hickson said.
“Building on the strong history of working class and progressive film making, it will be a unique festival for filmmakers from all walks of life at any level of film and documentary-making experience. Amateur, middling, or professional – if you document radical struggle and make issue-based short films, then this new film festival is for you.”
Entries for the inaugural 2021 DTSFF will open in September. The inaugural 2021 DSTFF film festival screening will take place in November.