Film Night

The MUA NNSW Branch Youth Committee is proud to present the first quarterly MUA Film Night to be held at Carrington Bowling Club at 5.30pm on Thursday the 11th of November 2010.

The Youth Committee recently met and decided that if they were to know where they were going in the future they needed to understand where we had come from in the past.

All members and their families are invited to attend what is hoped to be the first of many MUA film nights where we can all learn the lessons of what is our proud and progressive history so that we are prepared for the fight that will undoubtedly come our way in the future.

In 1953 Sydney wharfies turned Australian filmmaking on its head. With the support of the Waterside Workers Federation they brought together other artists and workmates to make films by workers, for workers and about workers.

The WWF Film Unit made films depicting the lives and struggles of wharfies in the 50's on the job and the Film Night will bring to life these struggles and show how hard life was on the waterfront and how times have changed.

The wharfies depicted in these films lost blood, sweat and tears so that we the, current membership, could live our lives with dignity and respect in the workplace, with our family and in our lives. They fought for a better life for all workers and their story is our story, our history and our future.

MUA Film Night will be held at 5.30pm on Thursday November 11th 2010 at Carrington Bowling Club. Food and drinks will be provided.

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