Release Date

18 Jul, 1993

Runtime

03:14: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A survivor for whom mere survival was not enough

Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries and divorces, at age 17 trains as a nurse, has a romance (and a child) with an American marine who is killed in WWII action. She battles tuberculosis and marries a former boyfriend when he returns from the war. She becomes part of a women's ill-fated campaign to save the Nelson railway line from closure and begins to be elected to political bodies.

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Actors

Geneviève Picot

Mick Rose

Donna Akersten

Raymond Hawthorne

Tina Regtien

Erik Thomson

Theresa Healey

Frances Kewene

Emily Perkins

Larissa Matheson

William Walker

Katherine McRae

Janet Fisher

Jo Briant

Ralph Johnson

Katy Beasley

Crew

Chris Elliott

Allen Guilford

Graeme Tetley

Gaylene Preston

John Charles

Paul Sutorius

Rick Kofoed

Robin Laing