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Behind the Rent Strike (1974) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1974 · 60 mins · English
- Starring
- Nick Broomfield, Ethel Singleton
Set in Kirby on Liverpool’s outskirts in October 1972, the film chronicles a fourteen‑month tenants’ strike, during which thousands rallied against a £1 council‑house rent hike mandated by the Housing Finance Act, highlighting the community’s united protest and its social ramifications.
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