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Behind the Rent Strike

1974· 1h 0m

Documentary

Directed by Nick Broomfield

6.7/ 10

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Overview

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.

Cast

Nick Broomfield

Nick Broomfield

Self (voice)

Ethel Singleton

Self

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