The Bridge

In late May, 1978, 142 carpenters and labourers on the Mangere Bridge construction site in Auckland were sacked over a redundancy dispute. The bridge workers declared the job 'black' and began to picket the site. The company...
New Zealand Production
Short 1982 Drama, Documentary 57.00 minutes
The Bridge Story of Men in Dispute 28 F29
A story of men in dispute.

Directors

Gerd Pohlmann
Merata Mita

Producers

Gerd Pohlmann

Cast

Anzac Wallace
Narrator

Crew

Leon Narbey | Photography
Annie Collins | Editor

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